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the best working pomologists than any other 

 system of rules yet prepared. 



The history of the Lazy Club code deserves 

 some mention. The Lazy Club is, in reality, 

 the horticultural seminar at Cornell Univer- 

 sity. In the autumn of 1898 the subject of 

 nomenclature came up for discussion, and was 

 accorded unusual attention. The rules then 

 current were freely criticized, and a com- 

 mittee was appointed to draw up as nearly as 

 possible an ideal code. This committee con- 

 sisted of Professor F. A. Waugh, then con- 

 nected with the University of Vermont, but 

 temporarily an active member of the Lazy 

 Club ; Professor John Craig, later Professor 

 of Horticulture and Forestry in Iowa State 

 College, now of Cornell University ; and the 

 late Mr. J. H. Cowen, afterward Professor- 

 elect of Horticulture in Colorado Agricultural 

 College. Other members of the club who par- 

 ticipated liberally in the discussions, and who 

 had much to do with the formation of the final 

 code, were : Professor L. H. Bailey, of Cornell 

 University; Professor S. W. Fletcher, now 

 of Cornell University; Professor K. C. Davis, 

 now principal of the Dunn County (Wis- 

 consin) School of Agriculture. Several 



