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1) When a good name has become firmly established no 
effort should now be- made to change it, except when it is 
manifestly inappropriate, as the so-called ‘‘strawberry rust” 
and ‘‘celery rust.” 
(2) There should be,terms to distinguish between the par- 
asite and the disease it produces. It is awkward to say ‘‘this 
disease is rust, and it is produced by a rust.” An improve- 
ment upon this would be to state that this disease is uredino- 
sis, and is produced by a rust, giving the botanical name of 
the rust or even the genus when possible. 
(3) The diseases need to have, for popular use, English or 
at least Anglicised names, and these may well be derived 
. ‘) — the pathology of plant diseases is understood 
| . ag than now a scientific classification of them can 
px ade, and appropriate names given to each; at present 
r i artificial system can be hoped for. 
entative classificati 
ten soalaichignaan ree and nomenclature may be made 
(a) bk the group names of the parasites as the 
redinex producing uredinosis 
Bacteria acteriosis 
6) fron opines as ustilaginosis 
blight € gross effect upon the host as rot, scab, spot, 
rai noe vate club-root, black-knot, mold, gall, 
» etc., for i ini i 
Giiitenciea! which Latinized names might be 
(¢) from the : 
x te general cause of the disease; (1) unfavorable 
