354 The Botanical Gazette. [September, 
of the sporophyte and gametophyte connected with reprodue- 
tion. The committee also suggested the necessity of a gen- 
eral term to designate the product of fusion of two hetero- 
gametes. 
After a brief discussion of the matters presented by the 
committee, its request for the appointment of a committee of 
five was concurred in. The original committee was contin- 
ued, and Drs. Farlow and Thaxter were added to their number. 
The report of the committee on the Nomenclature of Hor- 
ticultural Forms was presented. The committee recom- 
mended: me 
1. That thenomenclature ofthe species and natural varieties 
used in forestry and decorative gardening should be treated 
by horticulturists precisely as they would be treated by botan- 
ists if found growing wild, and that they should therefore be 
subject to whatever rules by international agreement are — 
adopted for general botanical nomenclature. Pending the 
adoption of such a code of rules, however, the names used - 
Nicholson's Dictionary of Gardening, so far as they go, shoul 
be used. In cases where Nicholson is insufficient, the Kew 
Index, now in course of publication, should be followed so 
far as it goes. In case of the displacement of familiar me 
these should be retained in parenthesis until both dealers @ 4 
purchasers have become familiar with the change. 2 
nomenclature of florists’ races and forms, as well as the er 
_ humerous artificial, and more or less transient forms pean i 
fruit grower, vegetable gardener, and farmer, should be are . 
ducted on quite different lines from that of natural Aa a 
and varieties, and all names used for such forms shou es, 4 
the vernacular. Phrases should not be employed as ae 4 
and all such vernacular names should be limited to ager . 
most two, words, avoiding high sounding or bombastic weg : 
as well as those which have already been relegated be rece 
of synonyms. Priority of naming these forms shou oy ol 4 
ognized. Varieties and forms transferred to a pemert first 
sessing a different language from that in which ers ime 
and citing it as a synonym. For use in coal 
names adopted in the official lists of various natio 
should be adopted. 
