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Wliile publication has primarily to do with the fixation of 

 names, yet the proper identification of names makes it very 

 necessary that the time and the means of puhlication be given, 

 as well as the name of the author. This belongs, however, more 

 properly to description and has been taken up there under the 

 head of citation. 



Names of Hybrids. — ^Eules of nomenclature should specify 

 some form for the naming of hybrids. It is becoming more 

 and more important, especially in formal works in horticulture, 

 that we have given the parents of hybrids and crosses. Noth- 

 ing can be better than botanical usage in this respect. In 

 botany hybrids with known parents are designated by combin- 

 ing the names of the two parents, thus; Gregg x Cuthbert 

 (Rvhus occidentalis x R. strigosus) for a cross between the 

 Gregg and Cuthbert raspberries of which the first supplied the 

 pollen and the second bore the fruit. When either of the 

 parents is unknown, but the hybridity is undoubted, the name 

 should be distinguished by the sign x prefixed, thus ; x Purple 

 Cane (Ruhus occidentalis x R. Strigosus). 



Revisioit. — The subject of revision is well covered in the 

 Cornell Code and the writer only wishes to urge the necessity 

 of the utmost conservatism in the matter of revising names. 

 Names of cultivated plants become established in the trade and 

 are thus of money value. On the other hand, when named 

 varieties are accidentally or willfully introduced under a new 

 name all possible should be done to restore the old name ; and, 

 iii the case of a willful change, to expose for the condemnation 

 of fellow horticulturists the person making the change. Unfor- 

 tunately for the honor of horticulturists, and for the science of 

 horticulture, cultivated plants are too frequently reintroduced 

 under new names. 



