adopted by the Mass. Hort. Soc, loith Remarks. 105 



The London Horticultural Society's Catalogue is adopted 

 as a standard authority. With such a respect for the labors of 

 this society, why should not that correct principle, which has 

 always governed the institution, ever since its formation, be 

 also adopted 1 It is expressly stated, in the preface to all the 

 Transactions of the Society, (eight large quarto volumes,) 

 that, upon "no question, as a body, will the society express 

 AN OPINION," This is thoroughly carried out. Every article 

 in the Transactions has the signature of the writer, and, 

 whether correct or not, he alone is answerable for it. The 

 value of this principle is best attested by the harmony and 

 good feeling which has always prevailed, in the hearty coop- 

 eration of all the members, and in the success which has 

 attended the efforts of the Society in promoting the cause of 

 horticultural improvement. 



There are other considerations which we should like to urge, 

 had we not already exceeded our allotted space. But these 

 we must omit till another time : as fully elucidating our own 

 views, we would invite the careful perusal of Mr. Humrick- 

 house's article, (XII. p. 47.) 



We have already remarked, that there was no necessity of 

 any 7iew rules for Pomological science. If it was important to 

 reassert the principles which have always prevailed, then per- 

 haps, they might with propriety be introduced at this time. 

 But it is of the utmost consequence, that they should be such 

 as will unite the cooperation of every intelligent cultivator in 

 the country. Nothing less than this, will be of any purpose, 

 but rather a hindrance in attaining the much desired object. 

 If one society adopt one set of rules, and another a second ; 

 and if influential nurserymen will not move in concert with 

 these societies, it will only make confusion worse confounded. 



We have, therefore, drawn up what we conceive to be a set 

 of rules, which can be universally adopted, and attain all the 

 objects desired. Pomologists will be amenable for all viola- 

 tions of conventional rules, in regard to names, and our horti- 

 cultural societies, acting within their appropriate sphere, can 

 recommend only those fruits which in their opinion appear 

 worthy of cultivation. No synonymes will then find a place 

 in horticultural or agricultural journals, or in pomological 

 works, or in respectable catalogues ; and if they are not found 



