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latest changes in nomenclature, but they certainly ought to 

 drop a name that has not been recognized by standard text- 

 books for fifty years. 



"How can the method of labeling and the nomenclature 

 in a future international exhibit of plants be improved upon? 

 In the case under consideration it appears to be an example of 

 'what is everybody's business is nobody's business/ and conse- 

 quently if better results are to be expected it must be made 

 the business of some one to attend to this matter. Many of 

 the most successful horticultural societies, both at home and 

 abroad, have either a committee on nomenclature or a professor 

 of botany, and surely, in an international exhibit, the question 

 of nomenclature is of sufficient importance to have the atten- 

 tion of an authority or committee who is competent to deter- 

 mine the labels which are best adapted for the various exhibits, 

 to formulate rules for their use, to determine the best authori- 

 ties to follow in the naming of the various classes of plants, to 

 determine, perhaps, if it were advisable to recognize any varia- 

 tion from the latest authoritative naming to better serve the 

 convenience of the makers of trade catalogues (some of which, 

 for example, call all the various genera which have at times 

 been classed as Abies by a general name), and to determine 

 how far synonyms, authorities, vernacular names, habitats, 

 etc., shall appear on the labels. The report of such an officer 

 would certainly be one of the most valuable publications of an 

 exposition." 



Exhibitors of Hardy Plants. 



Achilles, Geo., West Chester, Pa. 

 Bassett, Wm. F., Hammonton, 

 N. J. 



Bechtels Sons, E. A. Staunton, 111. 

 Blaaow & Co., Boskook, Holland. 

 Bloomington Phoenix Nursery, 



Bloom in gton, 111. 

 Boskoop-Holland Nursery Ass'n, 



Boskoop, Holland. 

 Boucher, G., 164 Avenue d. Statie, 



Paris, France. 

 Canada, Government Experi- 

 mental Station, Ottawa. 

 Cannell & Sons, Swan ley, Kent, 



England. 

 Croux & Sons, Sceaux, France. 

 Defresne et Fils Hon ore Vitry 



(Seine) Paris, France. 

 Dingee Conard Co., West Grove, 



Pa. 



Douglas & Son, R., Waukegan, 111. 

 Elliott, B. A., Pittsburg, Pa, 



Ell w anger & Barry, Rochester, 

 N. Y. 



Gaston, A. H., North Harvey, 111. 



Hill, D., Dundee, 111. 



Horticu It ure , Depart m e,n t of 



- (Columbian Exposition). 

 Japanese Exhibit. 

 Jurissen & Son, Jack, Naarden, 



Holland. 

 Kelsey, Fred W., 145 Broadway, 



New York City. 

 Koch & Rohlfs, Gr. Lichtenfeld, 



Berlin . 



Levavaseur & Son, Ussy, Cal- 

 vados, France. 



Manning, J. W., Reading, Mass. 



Marc & Co., Woodside, N. Y. 



Martichon, Cannes, France (Ten- 

 der plants, set in the open). 



Mooy, Polman, Haarlem, Holland. 



Moser & Son, M. 



New York, State of. 



