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THE NATIONAL NURSEKY^^IAN 
l(‘n'il()i'v. ycl williiii this l(‘|■^il()^y tluMi' aie many iiur- 
S('rym(Mi and faroKM’s w l.o hav(‘ ii('V('i‘ se(Mi one exeej)! 
])(Mhaj)s in eaptivity. 
TIh' impi'f'ssion that llu‘ Japanese beetle will l)e a dev¬ 
astating plagLK' is latln'r a fear than a faet. This should 
not !)(' forgott(Mi in eonsidering the problem. True it is 
one moi'i' pest to eontend with along with the i)otato hug, 
the San Jos(‘ seah'. Aphis, cut worms, tire hlight, root 
knot, ros(' bug and a bust of others that eause humanitv 
to live by the sweat of its hrow. 
JAEKSON, PEHKINS COMPANY ISSUES SOUVENIIl 
BOOKLET 
The Jackso]!. Perkins Comj)any, Newark, New York, 
has issued a souvenir booklet to eommemorate Ibe semi- 
e(mt('nnial annivcusaiy of their nursery business. 
The booklet is liandsomely gotten up and gives a brief 
story of tbe business, aecjuaints you with the personnel, 
it’s poliey and methods. This is followed by a eom|)re- 
lu'iisive deseriptive list of roses that are now in general 
eommeree in the United States; making a l)ook that is 
a valuabh' work of refereiiee. 
The Jaekson, Perkins Company is certainly to l)e con¬ 
gratulated on its record of fifty years of service in the 
horticultural world, so modestly set forth. 
Erom a modest beginning in 1873 the business has 
grown until it is responsible for the magnificent total of 
4.000,000 ])lants set out the ])ast spring. Doing exclus¬ 
ively a \\ holesale trade they have confined their efforts 
to growing certain lines in large quantities, this policy 
has undoubtedly been responsible for the enviable posi¬ 
tion lu'ld in the trade. S])ecializing on good things and 
learning how to grow them of the highest (luality. Boses 
have always been a si)ecially, others are the large flower¬ 
ing clematis, hydrangeas, Aristolochia and certain shrubs, 
evergreens, phlox and peonies. 
A iH'w nursery has recently been established by tlie 
com])any at Bridgeton, N. J., which will enable them to 
gi'(tw azaleas and rhododendrons, \\ hich they expert to 
he able to market, in limited quantities next y('ar. 
4000 YEABS WITHOUT A CKOP EAILUBE 
The arguments in favor of diversitied farming as 
against a single crop system would vanish if there were 
any way to piawtmt that single croj) from failing. No 
way to do this has been found, yet it is remarkable that 
lower M(‘Soi)otamia has operated j)raetieally on the singh' 
eroj) system for at h'ast 4000 years and probably for 
centuries lougc'r without the record of one crop failure. 
Mesopotamia’s erop is dates, which not only forms the 
staj)le food of the people but that country’s cliief export. 
Since early biblical days the dat(' palm has been care¬ 
fully cultivated there, and writings on the subject that 
have been pieserved on brick tablets prove how much 
scientific knowledge the date growers of those early 
days had gained. It was to w^ater those date palms that 
the first irrigation system known to man was devised. 
CODE OE EBUIT NOMENCLATUBE 
Atnor'uan Pomologiral Soriely 
This code aims to establish a simple and clear system 
of jiomological nomenclature that sliall be appropriate 
and stalde. A(‘cordingly it is urged that all persons nam¬ 
ing new varieties of fruits choose simple one-word names 
that are fittingly exjuessive of some character, quality, 
place, person, or event associated with the source, time 
or j)lac(' or origin of the variety. 
The pai'amounl right of the originator, discoverer, or 
introducer of a new variety to name it, within the limi¬ 
tations of this code, is recognized and established. 
The term '‘kind” as herein used shall be understood 
to apjily to those general classes of fruits which are 
groupeil together in common usage without regard to 
their exact hotanical relationship, as apple, cherry, grape, 
peach, plum, raspberry, etc. 
1. Form of Names 
1. Names of new varieties shall be of one word prefer¬ 
ably. but two words may be accepted. Names of exist¬ 
ing varieties shall not be changed in such way as to lead 
to confusion or loss of identity. 
2. The spelling and pronunciation of a variety name 
shall be the same as that of the jierson, place, substance, 
circumstance, or quality from which it is derived. 
3. A possessive noun shall not be used. 
4. Initials should not be used as a })art of a variety 
name. 
3. A name shall not be formed by the compounding or 
hyphenating of two or more existing names, but this does 
not prohibit the formation of a one-ward name by the 
use of parts of two or more existing names. The hyphen 
shall not be used between the words of a name. Thus, 
neither Bartlett-Seckel nor Bar-Seck may be used, but 
Barseck is admissible. 
6. Such general terms as seedling, hybrid, beurre, 
damson, pi])pin, rareripe, bigarreau, should not be used. 
7. A variety imj)orte(l from a foreign country should 
retain its foreign name, subject only to such modilication 
as is necessary to conform it to this code, and provided 
that names having a recognized English equivalent may 
be, but are not necessarily, so rendered. 
8. Tbe name of a person shall not be applied to a va- 
I'iety in his lifetime without his consent. 
9. The name of a deceased person shall not be applied 
to a variety excej)! through formal action by some com¬ 
petent pomological body, ])referably that with which the 
deceased was most closely associated. 
II. Priority, Usage and Duplication 
10. The name first juiblished for a variety shall be 
the accejited and recognized name except when contrary 
to the provisions of this code; but names established by 
usage in American pomological literature may be retained 
even though they do not conform to these rules. 
11. A name once used shall not be used again for a 
variety of the same kind, except that a name once estab¬ 
lished through long usage for two or more American 
varieties shall not be displaced for either or radically 
modified unless a well-known synonym can be used in 
its place; or when no such synonym is available, the va- 
