Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting: Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953
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Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting: Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953
Northern Nut Growers Association -- Periodicals; Nut trees -- Periodicals; Nuts -- Periodicals
The naming of cultivars derived from crosses between two or more
different species, belonging to the same or different genera, involves
rather special problems. By "derived from" I mean not only the _first_
generation from a species cross, but all subsequent generations and
back-crosses with the original parents or with members of the first or
later generations. Any cultivar which is the progeny of a species cross,
however remote, comes, for the purpose of the Code, under the heading of
a hybrid and its naming is subject to definite rules. The full name of a
"hybrid cultivar" must be regarded as consisting of three distinct
parts: (1) the name of the genus (or "hybrid genus" if a hybrid between
two or more genera is concerned); (2) a "collective" name or phrase
covering _all_ the progeny resulting from the particular species-cross
concerned; and (3) a cultivar-name for the particular form (cultivar)
under consideration. In the name _Viburnum_ x _bodnantense_ 'Dawn,'
_Viburnum_ is the generic name, x _bodnantense_ is the collective name
for all progeny of the cross _V. fragans_ x _V. grandiflorum_, and
'Dawn' is the cultivar-name for a particular seedling of this
parentage. It is essential always to bear in mind these three distinct
parts of the name of a garden hybrid, even if, as it often done, one or
other of the parts is omitted in actual usage; the three parts broadly
correspond, of course, to the generic name, specific epithet, and
cultivar-name of a non-hybrid cultivar (see above).
Let us consider these three parts in turn and see what types of name can
be used in each part in actual practice--and how this affects the naming
of new "hybrid cultivars."
The _first part_, the generic name, presents no difficulties, except in
the case of new hybrids between two or more genera. Names of such
"hybrid genera" are usually "manufactured" from a combination of the
names of the parent genera (_e.g._ x _Heucherella_, from _Heuchera_ and
_Tiarella_); in the case of hybrids between more than two genera,
however, where a "combination" name would be unwieldy, it is permissible
to make a new name by adding the termination _ara_ to the name of a
person connected with the plant concerned (_e.g._ x _Sanderara_ for a
tri-generic orchid hybrid). Before making a new "hybrid generic" name, a
botanist should be consulted, as a Latin description in proper,
botanical form must be provided. It will have been noticed that a
multiplication sign is placed _in front of_ the names of "hybrid
genera," but _after_ the generic name in the case of hybrids within a
single genus; further details on this point are given later.
The _second part_ of the full name of a hybrid is a more tricky
business. It is, as I have said, a collective designation for all the
progeny of the particular cross concerned, and it may take one or all of
three possible forms:--
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