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AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
These things give one an idea that there ought to be something more abso- 
lutely true and just than the botanical catalogue; the botanists are a most 
excellent class of people, but they are a small part of the community; and 
the very large class of people who purchase trees never see a botanical cata- 
logue. I make these suggestions because they seem to bear on the question of 
the authority which is claimed for this nomenclature of fruit. 
Mr. G. B. Brackett here suggested that it would be impossible to arrive at 
any definite settlement of the pending question at this time' and that, as it 
was an important one and should be carefully considered before being acted 
upon, he believed it would be best to have it referred to a special committee 
rather than to the regular committee. 
He moved to refer the subject to a special committee of five, to be appointed 
by the Chair, to formulate and report a plan at the next meeting of the 
Society. * 
Mr. C. R. Hartshorne suggested that it might be well to instruct the 
special committee, if there were going to be any cast iron rules, not to have 
ex post facto rules because, if the position taken by Prof. Waugh was main- 
tained, the Bartlett would have to go, as “Williams’ Bon Chretien” was the 
original name of the Bartlett when it came over to this country. 
Mr. Strong: I do not like the idea of our being bound by arbitrary rules 
which cannot be varied in such a matter; I think we should have the liberty 
to change them. In regard to one fruit that we all know of I think it unfor- 
tunate that it should have been given a vulgar name. I refer to the navel 
orange. There are reasons wdiy that name ought not to have been given it, 
and it is to be regretted that so good a fruit should be perpetuated under 
such a vulgar name. I only throw out this suggestion as a caution against 
binding ourselves by fixed rules. The originator of a fruit, having a new 
variety, has a right of priority that ought to be respected but, on the other 
hand, the public have rights and he is not entitled to fix forever an unfor- 
tunate and unworthy name upon a good product. I believe most heartily 
that there ought to be a body which would have control and which would 
have authority over even the originators of fruits. 
Mr. Berckmans: As one of the members of the original committee to sub- 
mit rules and regulations for the Society, I am willing to vote to refer this 
matter to a special committee. When we prepared those rules w T e were 
laboring under some difficulty; since that time we have made some progress; 
but what we considered advisable then we think should be revised later. 
Therefore I am willing that this should be referred to a committee for 
revision. 
Col. Brackett’s motion was then adopted by a unanimous vote. 
Prof. Wm. R. Lazenby, of the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, pre- 
sented the following paper: 
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUDS IN SOME OF OUR COM- 
MON ORCHARD FRUITS. 
BY PROF. WILLIAM R. LAZENBY, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, COLUMBUS, 
OHIO. 
Buds have been defined as “the germs of stems.” They contain embryo 
axes with undeveloped appendages. .Structurally buds are of three kinds, 
viz.: (1) Leaf bads, or those devoted wholly to the vegetative functions of the 
