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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



HOETICULTUEAL NOMENCLATUEE. 



A Congees s for the consideration of the nomenclature of garder] 

 plants was held in April and May 1910 at Brussels, at which the Eoyal 

 Horticultural Society was represented by Dr. A. B. Eendle, M.A., 

 F.E.S., and Mr. E. A. Bowles, M.A., F.L.S., and the rules of nomen- 

 clature adopted at the Congress have recently been published. Prior 

 to the Congress a list of questions was submitted to various authorities 

 in different countries and their replies formed the basis for discussion 

 at the Congress. 



Below we print a translation of 



(1) the questions submitted, with the replies sent by the Society, and 



(2) the rules adopted by the Congress. 



It will be seen that the articles adopted by the Congress follow in 

 the main the recommendations of the Society, though here and there 

 they deviate somewhat from them. The rules adopted will govern 

 the nomenclature of garden plants, while the questions and replies 

 given to them will serve to some extent as a commentary upon the 

 rules, and will show some of the main points that have come under 

 consideration. 



1. Questions considered by the Brussels Horticultural Con- 

 gress WITH REPLIES SENT BY THE EoYAL HORTICULTURAL SoCIETY. 



1. General Observations on Nomenclature from the ipoint of view of 

 Horticulture. — As an outcome of the International Botanical Congress 

 of Paris in 1900, an International Commission was requested to pre- 

 pare a scheme of nomenclature which should serve as a basis for dis- 

 cussion at the International Congress on Botanical Nomenclature to 

 be held in Vienna in 1905. The Commission was chosen from those 

 botanists who were considered most competent to deal with the question 

 of nomenclature. 



Thirty-one members took part in the preparation of the scheme, 

 Germany having four representatives. North America two, Great 

 Britain and her Colonies two, Austria-Hungary five, Belgium two, 

 France four, Holland two, Italy three, Eussia two, Sweden one, 

 Switzerland four. 



The scheme was thoroughly discussed at the Vienna Congress and 

 rules were fonnulated and published in German, English, and French 

 under the title Regies internationales de nomoichture hotaniquer' 



It is not to be supposed that horticulturists dream of turning aside 

 from these " Eules," but it will no doubt be found that some matters 



* Published by Fischer, Jena; the English part has been issued separately by 

 Messrs. West, Newman & Co., price Is. 



