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His method of using genitive names only for hybrids, however, soon proved 
unworkable. 
There is little to be said about any earlier method. The system of 
indicating the parentage in a double name soon broke down, being only 
possible in the.case of primary hybrids, and even then it is sometimes too 
long. Both objections are illustrated in a single example from Herbert. 
Hippeastrum Donnii or “ Hookeri-Haylocki” is the product of crossing H. 
solandrifloro-bulbulosum with H. Grahami-vittatum ; and even then it is 
necessary to explain that H. Grahami is from H. vittatum x Johnsoni, 
and H. Johnsoni from H. vittatum x regium, before one realises that H. 
Donnii is derived from four original species by a complex system of crossing. 
We can now better understand the position when Messrs. Veitch’s first 
artificial hybrid Orchid flowered, and why it was called Calanthe Dominyi 
by Lindley, for the name was quite in harmony with Herbert's system. 
Messrs. Veitch’s second hybrid, however, was exhibited as Cattleya hybrida, 
and the third as C. Dominiana. Somewhat later Reichenbach re-introduced 
descriptive adjectival names, as Phaius irroratus, Cypripedium vexillarium, 
C. stenophyllum, &c., and finally, in order to distinguish them from species, 
he began the practise of placing the sign of hybridity, x, before the specific 
names of hybrids. 
The next innovation was the introduction of classical names for hybrids, 
as Cypripedium Io, and this was followed by a set of vernacular names, as 
Cattleya Miss Harris, Cypripedium Charles Canham, C. Mrs. Canham 
(the reverse of the preceding), Cattleya Lamberhurst Hybrid, &c., the latter 
development being an unfortunate. extension that has led to endless 
confusion, not so much through the use of such names as through using 
them in the wrong place. The fact is a florist’s name is a varietal name of 
which the specific appellation is omitted or understood, and consequently it 
is not governed by the rules for Specific names. A specific name is 
different, and the rule that it must consist of a single word, or of two short. 
words that can be joined by a hyphen, has a sound basis of common sensé 
and convenience behind it. Varietal names can then be added 
euphoniously, even when they are personal names consisting of two or 
three words, which cannot be said when the latter are used as specific 
names. Such a name as Cattleya William Murray fulgens is incongruous: 
—and we have many worse—but the modified form, Cattleya Murrayi 
fulgens is quite euphonious, which shows the utility of the rule. This is 
rather a digression, but its significance will now be apparent. 
Hybrid Orchids were now becoming more numerous, and were often 
exhibited without being described as in the early days. Moreover, as We 
have already seen, they were being named under two or three different, 
systems, and with an unnecessary amount of duplication, all of which 
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