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The position of the name Quince-Pepper as a synonym under 

 Sweet Spanish, indicates Mr. Irish's opinion that Burr, in his Field 

 and Garden Vegetables, published in 1863, described the same vari- 

 ety under both names. It does not appear, however, why Mr. Irish 

 gave preference to the name Sweet Spanish. On the face of the evi- 

 dence here presented the other name ought to have been retained. 



The variety Emperor is cited as follows : 



EMPEROR, Giant Emperor, Thornburn, Cat. 1883. 

 Bailey, Bui. Mich. Agr. Col. 31, p. 40, 1887. 



This would indicate that the variety was introduced by Thorn- 

 burn in 1883, under the name of Giant Emperor, and that no other 

 name for the variety had been published, but that the author took 

 the liberty to revise the name in accordance with rules 2 and 7 of the 

 Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Sta- 

 tions (see page 13). The propriety of such a revision cannot be dis- 

 puted. 



In some cases Mr. Irish found varieties described in both horti- 

 cultural and botanical literature. A part of one of these citations is 

 here given to show how the method may be applied in such cases : 



BRAZILIAN UPRIGHT, New Brazilian Sweet Upright, Thornburn, Cat., 



1892. 

 Piper rotundum majus surrectum. Greg, de Reg. in Clus. 



Cur. Post. 96-97. f. 1. 1611. 

 Piper Indicum siliquis surrectis rotundis, diff. I. maximum 



obtusum. Bauhin, Pinax 103, 1623, etc., etc. 



In this case again the name New Brazilian Sweet Upright was 

 revised to read Brazilian Upright. The botanical references show 

 the author's opinion, as the result of his study, that the variety Bra- 

 zilian Upright is the same as the one described by the various botan- 

 ists cited. 



This method of referring the name of every horticultural variety 

 to its proper authority, and of giving under it all the synonyms prop- 

 erly arranged and authenticated, is, of course, too elaborate for the 



