THE LAZY CLUB CODE 



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name he gives will have to stand, even if it is 

 not the one given locally or by the introducer 

 or originator. 



Rule 2 might be called the bibliographer's 

 rule. It reads thus: " In the full and formal 

 citation of a variety name, the name of the 

 author who first published it shall also be 

 given." This is merely for identifying names, 

 for tracing out their histories, and for deter- 

 mining their dates of publication in case any 

 conflict arises under Rule 3. 



Nevertheless, this citation of the name of 

 the man who names a variety sometimes 

 comes to be a matter of practical necessity. 

 There are at the present moment two differ- 

 ent plums being propagated under the name 

 Klondyke, one in Iowa by a man whom we 

 will call Brown, and the other in Illinois by a 

 man whom we may call Black. If Mr. White 

 were writing to the Country Gentleman about 

 his plum trees named Klondyke, it would be 

 necessary for him to specify which Klondyke 

 plum he meant. This he would do by naming 

 the man who named the plum, thus : " Klon- 

 dyke, of Brown," or " Klondyke, of Black." 



The forms of citation suggested in the ex- 

 planatory paragraph show how this rule can 



