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commence, each according to his means, for out of such ranks 

 our great Orchid growers of the future will be recruited. 



At the conclusion of Mr. O'Brien's paper the Chair was taken 

 by Professor Michael Foster, in the place of the President, who 

 was called away. On the motion of the Chairman a hearty vote 

 of thanks was accorded to Mr. O'Brien, and shortly afterwards 

 the Conference adjourned for an horn- for luncheon. On 

 reassembling Mr. W. Lee took the Chair. The next subject on 

 the paper for discussion was 



Orchid Nomenclature. 



Mr. Harvey, in opening a discussion on this subject, said : I 

 feel very great diffidence, in the presence of men who know so 

 much more than I do about Orchids, in alluding to the subject. 

 My excuse, however, must be that I feel very strongly on the 

 question of nomenclature. The great difficulty we have to meet 

 with to-day is the absence of Professor Beichenbach, without 

 whom I am afraid we cannot do much in this matter. I think 

 that, as we have had a Conference on the nomenclature of daffodils, 

 we ought to have one on the nomenclature of Orchids ; and, 

 indeed, it is especially required. Now, although I do not suppose 

 that it is in the power of the present Conference to decide that 

 the Orchid Conference Committee shall be a permanent institution, 

 I suppose the Council of the Royal Horticultural Society could 

 do so, and what I would venture humbly to suggest is this, that 

 the latter body should be asked to accept the recommendation of 

 this Conference, that the Committee should be appointed per- 

 manently. I feel sure that nothing can be done in the matter of 

 nomenclature without Professor Beichenbach, and therefore the 

 mode in which we ought to act seems to me to be that we should 

 ask the Society, on the recommendation of this meeting, to make 

 the Orchid Conference Committee permanent, and that we should 

 take steps to secure the presence of Professor Beichenbach at a 

 luture date, and then go into the question in a systematic and 

 scientific manner. (Hear, hear.) I think I know some things 

 which perhaps I ought not to mention, but I believe Professor 

 Beichenbach's attendance might be secured if we took the right 

 mode of doing it. Unfortunately, the learned gentleman's health 

 is not very good, but I think he would come, and, in fact, I have 

 had a letter from him saying that he w r ould be present to-day. 



The Chairman : The question of nomenclature of Orchids is 

 a very extensive one, and is one which, I think, cannot be 



