16 The Botanical Gazette. (January, 
on color, who has made the least attempt to suggest a scheme 
of colors to be used as a basis of color work, has proposed at ~ 
_ least one color which is peculiar to himself, either in name or | 
in quality; and in only a few instances has any exact defini- 1 
tion been suggested even for a single color. Where one — 
writer has used the term red to designate a primary color, © 
another has used the term vermillion. The former term, with- 
out any limitations, will includexa variety of hues; and the 
latter is by no means as definite as might be supposed, since | 
pigments called vermillion by different manufacturers vary — 
greatly in hue. In the few cases in which a particular color 
term has been proposed and designated by some such definite — 
limitations as the wave length of its vibrations, it has been — 
only for single colors. No series of colors has been proposed 
as standards upon which a scheme of nomenclature might be — 
based. The result has been the same as before. No remedy 
for the confusion that prevails is offered. é 
The second source of confusion is in part dependent upon 
the first and yet is a very distinct source of trouble. It is the 
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series of standards of color, this education will be not only 
Seg but easy. With a reasonable amount of training ity 
will not be found difficult to locate any color between tw? 
colors of the solar spectrum. ‘ 
