NOMENCLATURE 99 



constitute its nomenclature. One of the poets 

 somewhere speaks of "the sweet nomencla- 

 ture of love," which is not so unscientific 

 either. 



In objective science, however, the term 

 " nomenclature " usually refers to a set of 

 names given to a particular group of objects. 

 Thus, Mr. Sudworth prepared a book which 

 he called " Nomenclature of the Arborescent 

 Flora of North America," in which he gave 

 simply a list of those botanical and vulgar 

 names which have been applied to the trees 

 and shrubs of North America. When we say 

 that the nomenclature of the Russian apples 

 is badly mixed we mean only that their names 

 are mixed. 



In this chapter we shall not try to deter- 

 mine the correct names of any fruits, but shall 

 study only the rules and principles by which 

 we are to determine which are the correct 

 names; that is, we shall be investigating 

 nomenclature in the sense first defined above. 



The first requisite to the study of any 

 science or art is a satisfactory nomenclature, 

 using the word in either of the senses already 

 mentioned. This is a widely recognized prin- 

 ciple. The students of such sciences as 



