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7. This committee reserves the right, in its own publications, 

 to revise objectionable names in conformity with these rules. 



3. RULES OF THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



This society commends (through its nomenclature com- 

 mittee) the rules adopted by the American Pomological Society 

 and the Station Horticulturists (as given above), and further 

 urges "upon those originating plants requiring new names, the 

 employment of short, appropriate, and neat vernacular names ; 

 the avoidance of misleading, long, high-sounding, or vulgar 

 names, and the use of Latinized names exclusively in con- 

 nection with species and natural varieties." 



The rules adopted by the society are as follows (1893) : 



1. Natural species and varieties shall bear the Latin names 

 assigned to them in Nicholson's Dictionary, so far as they 

 are named, except that where differences exist between the 

 Dictionary and Kew Index, the name adopted by the latter 

 shall be chosen. Species first published or reinstated subse- 

 quent to the date of the latter (1885) shall be treated in accord- 

 ance with botanical custom, especially that of the Kew 

 Gardens. In all cases where the application of this rule shall 

 cause the displacement of a commonly used and well-known 

 name, the latter shall be added as a synonym. 



2. Florists' varieties, races and forms, shall be named in 

 accordance with the recommendations of the nomenclature 

 committee (stated above) ; but the greatest conservatism is 

 counseled in all changes which are likely to cause confusion or 

 detriment to legitimate business interests. 



4. RULES FOR THE NAMING OF ORCHIDS, ADOPTED BY THE COUN- 

 CIL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 



SECTION I. Genera, species, well-marked varieties, and natu- 

 ral hybrids. 



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

 hybrids, as well as of presumed wild hybrids, shall be written 



