130 Annals of Horticulture. 



by the Council of the Ro3'al Horticultural Society of England, 

 deserve a wide publicit_y both for their immediate value m 

 simplif3'ing orchid nomenclature, and as a guide for the naming 

 of other plants, to which they ma}' be also applied : 



''Section i. Genera, species, well-marked varieties and 

 natural h3'brids. 



" I. The names of natural genera, species, and well-marked 

 varieties, as well as of presumed wild hybrids, shall be writ- 

 ten so as to accord w^ith botanical language and ways, and to 

 conform with the laws of botanical nomenclature {Lois de la 

 Noj)ienclature Botanique) as adopted at the International 

 Botanical Congress at Paris, in 1867. 



" 2. Exhibitors showing for the first time a plant under a 

 Latin name, shall be required to furnish the name of the 

 botanist who has described the plant. 



"Section II. Artificial h}^brids between genera. 



"3. Every bigenfer shall receive a generic name in Latin, 

 formed by combining the names of the parent genera, and a 

 specific name also in Latin, the sign of hybridit\^ (x) being 

 always added. 



"Section III. Artificial hybrids between species. 



"4. Hybrids between species raised artificially shall be 

 named in Latin, with the addition of the word hybrid, or of 

 the sign of hybridity (x). 



"Section IV. Artificial crosses between varieties. 



"5. Crosses between varieties raised artificially should 

 receive suitable vernacular names. 



"Section V. General recommendations. 



"6. The orchid committee shall decline to recognize any 

 unauthorized name, or any name that is deemed unsuitable, 

 or is not applied in conformity with the preceding rules. 



"7. A name once authoritatively adopted shall not be 

 altered, unless in case of material error. 



"8. An award may be made to an}' plant that is considered 

 by the committee w^orthy of such distinction, even though it 

 be unnamed, or not named in accordance with the preceding 

 regulations, provided that, within a reasonable time, to be 

 determined by the committee, a proper name be given. Any 

 award made under the circumstances shall be suspended until 

 the plant has been properly named. 



