66 THE ORCHID REVIEW. | [MarcH, 1909. 
the projected arrangement for continuing the work in the Orchid Review 
should secure that. 
The question of Nomenclature seems to be in the air just now, anda 
Committee of the R.H.S. has been considering it for some time, and has 
just issued a provisional report, with invitations for comment on the same. 
I believe the question arose through an appeal of the Orchid Committee to 
the Scientific Committee for assistance in the naming of some quadrigeneric 
hybrid which is in existence, but which has not yet flowered, and they 
wished to be fully prepared for the event. Be that as it may, we read that 
“‘The Orchid Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society of Great 
Britain believes that the time has come when some definite system of 
nomenclature, which shall be at once simple, euphonious, and distinctive, 
should be adopted, internationally, if possible.” A Sub-Committee has 
been appointed by the Council, consisting of five members of the Orchid 
Committee and five of the Scientific Committee, with a Secretary, and to 
this Sub-Committee six different methods of dealing with multigeneric 
hybrids have been submitted, which are set forth, as follows :— 
‘‘y, That the name consist of parts of the genera which enter into the 
composition of the hybrid—the system at present in use. 
‘2, That a consonant be chosen to represent each of the genera used 
in producing the hybrid, as B for Lelia, C for Cattleya, D for 
Sophronitis, and that these be followed by the vowel ‘a’ when 
the genus is used once, ‘e’ when it is used twice, and so on, as 
Dabaca for Sophronitis xX Leliocattleya, and Dabeca for 
Sophrolelia x Lezliocattleya. 
“3, That one letter, preferably the initial letter, should be chosen to 
represent each genus used in hybridising: thus L for Lelia, C 
for Cattleya, S for Sophronitis, and that these letters should be 
used to form the names of the resulting hybrids. Connecting 
vowels when necessary should be taken from the initial vowels, 
and the letter ‘y’ should be used as a vowel sound between the 
components denoting the two sets of parents. Thus ‘ Lysoc’ 
would denote the product of Lelia x Sophrocattleya. 
‘«4. That the name of one of the genera entering into the composition of 
the hybrid be retained for it, as is the practice in naming natural 
hybrids in other groups of plants, ¢.g., in the Gramineae (see 
Rules of Nomenclature, Vienna Congress, 1905, Art. 32). 
**5. That the name be a commemorative one with a conventional ending, 
such as *‘ara”’ or “‘ orch,” as Lawrenceara or Lawrenceorch. 
“6. That the name be a commemorative one with the syllable “ hyb”’ 
prefixed to indicate the hybrid origin, as Hyblawrencea. 
