NOMENCLATURE OF HYBRIDS. 
FEW suggestions for securing greater uniformity of practice 
than at present exists, and for securing something like a 
standard system of Nomenclature. 
Plants of hybrid origin should if possible be distinguished from 
natural species, and this is secured by the use of the sign of hybridity 
“x” between the generic and specific names. 
Hybrids between species should receive specific names, Latin or 
classical, consisting of a single word—the use, however, of two short 
words being permissible where they can be connected with a hyphen. 
Short names should be used for preference, those exceeding six syllables 
being considered inadmissible. 
Hybrids raised between the same two species, even if of inverted 
parentage, should be considered as forms of one, any sufficiently distinct 
forms being distinguished by the addition of suitable varietal names. 
Hybrids between genera should receive generic names formed by 
combining the names of the parent genera, or parts of them, to form a 
suitable word. 
secondary hybrids, ¢.e., those in which one or both parents are 
themselves of hybrid origin, should as far as possible be dealt with 
under the preceding rules. 
Existing names which do not conform to the above rules may be 
amended, the original idea, however, being conserved as far as possible. 
In compiling these pages an attempt has been made to carry the 
above suggestions inte practice. 
