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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
taken to insure concerted and harmonious action in 
kindred matters between that society and the Pomological 
Division of the National Department of Agriculture ; and 
furthermore,that those having the revision in charge may be 
permitted to draw upon the extensive records and other 
facilities of the division for facts needful for each revision 
and not otherwise readily obtainable; the purpose of the 
revisers being to be able to report to the society at its 
next biennial session a complete revision, embodying the 
requirements of modern pomology. 
In the matter of nomenclature, the early practice of 
American pomologists was to adhere to established names, 
not tolerating even the translation of foreign ones, how¬ 
ever objectionable. It was under such practice and with 
the consequent assumption that they would only be ap¬ 
plied to varieties to be subsequently named, that the 
society’s present “Rules of Pomology” were framed. It 
was therefore with much satisfaction that we noted their 
application to old varieties by W. C. Barry in the sub¬ 
sequent revision of the society’s catalogue, and the ready 
acceptance of such application by pomologists generally. 
We are happy to know also that the reservation in 
rule second is being rigidly applied by the Division of 
Pomology, and that, too, with the happiest influence upon 
the simplicity and purity of recent additions to our 
nomenclature. 
The foreshadowings from the future indicate the need 
of special care and thoughtfulness in preparing the forth¬ 
coming edition of the American Society’s catalogue, for 
reasons which subsequently appear. 
The rapid expansion of our descriptive text books and 
catalogues has already placed their revision and republica¬ 
tion beyond the sphere of profitable private enterprise ; 
while the present activity in the pomological field renders 
the necessity of frequent revision all the more urgent. 
The Pomological Division of the National Department 
of Agriculture has been for some time engaged upon the 
task of rectifying, purifying and simplifying our Ameri¬ 
can nomenclature of fruits, doing the work in such man¬ 
ner that practical revision will be kept constantly up to 
date, while a plan of co-operation between the division 
and the society is in contemplation as a means of ensur¬ 
ing harmonious action between them respection nomenda- 
ture and other matters of common interest. 
The catalogue of the society has long been recognized 
as authority both in this country and in Europe, while 
under present conditions it can only be published in num¬ 
ber adequate to supply members of the society. 
It is understood to be the purpose of the division that 
its work of renovation shall ultimately include all the 
classes of fruits adapted to our varied climates, and that 
when such work shall be sufficiently advanced, a select 
and classified list of the valuable varieties shall be pub¬ 
lished as a bulletin of the division for general circulation. 
Such being the purpose it has been understood that the 
division maybe disposed to accept the society’s catalogue 
for this purpose, and to publish and distribute it as such 
bulletin, thus giving it the wide circulation due to a work 
so carefully prepared, and of such universal interest. 
In these matters, however, it is to be distinctly under¬ 
stood that the writer speaks solely upon his own responsi¬ 
bility and in no sense as the representative of either the 
society or the division 
THE SITUATION IN KANSAS. 
Hon. Thomas M. Potter, president of the Kansas 
Board of Agriculture, in his introduction to the ninth 
biennial report of the board says : 
“ The biennial period to which it relates has been, for 
Kansas, in common with all her sister states, one of less 
than usual prosperity. This has been due not alone to 
the two unfavorable crop seasons which in succession 
have been common to so many portions of the Union, but 
also to the general depression existent in nearly all busi¬ 
ness channels throughout the world. Yet, in spite of so 
many extraordinarily adverse conditions, Kansas, as a 
whole, has not failed in the production of tremendous 
quantities of the great staples, which conduce to comfort 
and prosperity at home and command gold in the markets 
of the world. 
“ Shortage of crops in various portions of the state the 
past two years, from lack of seasonable rainfall, has caus¬ 
ed the question of irrigation and the extent of the availa¬ 
ble water supply and its possibilities to be much studied 
by our people, many of whom have gone actively to work 
to develop them through individual enterprise, and with 
results thus far eminently satisfactory and encouraging.” 
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