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nate the large general groups specified by words in com- 

 mon language, such as raspberry, plum, apricot. 



PUBLICATION 



4. Publication consists in (a) the public distribu- 

 tion of printed name and description, the latter giv- 

 ing distinguishing characters of fruit, tree, etc., or (b) 

 in the publication of a new name for a variety properly 

 described elsewhere. 



Such a publication may be made in any book, bulletin, 

 report, trade catalog, or periodical, providing the issue 

 bears the date of its publication, and is generally dis- 

 tributed among nurserymen, fruit growers, and horti- 

 culturists. 



REVISION 



5. No one is authorized to change a name for any 

 reason except when it conflicts with these rules. 



The order of these rules is not exactly 

 logical. The priority rule (3) expresses the 

 fundamental law of nomenclature, and prob- 

 ably ought to stand first. However, this and 

 some other slightly illogical turns of the rules 

 may be fairly overlooked. 



It should be observed that the rules proper 

 are given in large type, while those portions 

 in smaller type are provided merely for ex- 

 planation, illustration, or general direction, 

 without having the binding force of the rules 

 themselves. 



Rule i might be called the rule of conve- 

 nience. The great reason for using a single 



