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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
want to be paid for doing, a steam roller was introduced 
and the Chinese tried to poison that. All around Hong 
Kong the British exercise a quiet but powerful control, 
while there are thousands of military and naval men sta¬ 
tioned there, they are seldom seen in uniform, but to a 
close observer, the controlling force of a great power is 
present everywhere. The European part of the city is 
policed by Sikhs—fine tall sinewy English speaking In¬ 
dians; the Chinese sections are policed by native Chinese. 
If a sign was hung up in Hong Kong reading “If you 
want to know who’s boss around here, start something,” 
it would be most appropriate. 
We are now nearing Japan, which will be the subject 
of the next letter and the last of this series. 
Street in Hong Kong, China. 
AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
W E are indebted to Prof. E. R. Lake, Bureau of 
Plant Industry, Washington, D. C., for a list 
of incorrect variety names of fruits from cur¬ 
rent American nurserymen’s catalogues, together with 
the accepted forms in full type. 
It is to the interest of all nurserymen to take advan¬ 
tage of the work of the Pomological Society in their ef¬ 
forts to bring order out of the chaos of the nomenclature 
of fruits by bringing their catalogues in line. 
The Code of Nomenclature 
of the 
American Pomological Society 
Priority 
Rule 1. No two varieties of the same kind of fruit 
shall bear the same name. The name first published for 
a variety shall be the accepted and recognized name, ex¬ 
cept in cases where it has been applied in violation of 
this code. 
A:—The term “kind” as herein used shall be under¬ 
stood to apply to those general classes of fruits 
which are grouped together in common usage 
without regard to their exact botanical relation¬ 
ship; as, apple, cherry, grape, peach, plum, rasp¬ 
berry, etc. 
B;—The paramount right of the originator, discov¬ 
erer, or introducer of a new variety to name it, 
within the limitations of this code, is recognized 
and emphasized. 
C:—Where a variety name through long usage has 
become thoroughly established in American pom¬ 
ological literature for two or more varieties, it 
should not be displaced nor radically modified for 
either sort, except in cases where a well known 
synonym can be advanced to the position of lead¬ 
ing name. The several varieties bearing identical 
names should be distinguished by adding the name 
of the author who first described each sort, or by 
adding some other suitable distinguishing term 
that will insure their identity in catalogues or dis¬ 
cussions. 
D:—Existing American names of varieties which 
conflict with earlier published foreign names of 
