In the Historical Introduction to the Code (written by MR. W. T. STEARN, Secretary of the International Committee, during the production of the Code), Fellows of The Royal Horticultural Society will note, I trust with pride, the important part played by their Society, in cooperation with many other bodies and individuals in many parts of the world, in the preparation, drafting and publication of the Code. I hope that they will feel it their not unpleasant duty to make themselves and others familiar with the provisions of the Code, to follow its rules and recommendations when they use the names of cultivated plants, and to let the Secretary of the Committee know how they think it might be improved. Article I of the Code states that its aim is "to promote uniformity, accuracy and fixity ... with the minimum disturbance of existing nomenclature"--an aim surely close to the heart of every Fellow of The Royal Horticultural Society. I am grateful to MR. A. SIMMONDS, MR. W. T. STEARN AND MR. P. M. SYNGE for help in the preparation of this article. [Illustration: Exhibit at the Harvest Show of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society--Boston, Mass. October, 1953.] Attendance Register, Rochester, N. Y., 1953 Ontario, Canada L. K. Devitt, Toronto Connecticut Paul C. Daniels, Lakeville Arthur H. Graves, Wallingford District of Columbia Beth Ford, Washington Mr. & Mrs. E. L. Ford, Washington Miss Gretta Wilson, Washington Georgia Lou Kahn, Albany Mr. & Mrs. Wm. J. Wilson, Fort Valley Illinois Mr. & Ms. R. B. Best, Eldred C. R. Blyth, Urbana J. C. McDaniel, Urbana Mr. & Mrs. Royal Oakes, Bluffs Indiana John Andrews, Marion Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Andrews, Marion Mr. & Mrs. K. Dooley, Marion Ray Kaufman, Peru E. W. Pape, Marion Carl Prell, South Bend Ford Wallick, Peru J. F. Wilkinson, Rockport Iowa Roy E. Ferguson, Center Point E. F. Huen, Eldora Ira M. Kyhl, Sabula Wm. Rohrbacher, Iowa City D. C. Snyder, Center Point Maryland Dr. & Mrs. H. L. Crane, Hyattsville C. T. David, College Park Dr. G. F. Gravatt, Beltsville Dr. & Mrs. J. W. McKay & family, College Park Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Negus, Hyattsville Mrs. C. A. Reed, Takoma Park Massachusetts Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Kerr, Plymouth Michigan Mrs. Alpha Allen, Jackson Howard Allen, Jackson Gilbert Becker, Climax W. M. Beckert, Jackson R. M. Burr, Ann Arbor F. J. Keplinger, Farwell G. J. Korn, Kalamazoo New Jersey P. H. Cox, Bloomfield