"Ignoramus " has been " moved to inquire which form of expression is the correct one. The title reads Ghiesbrechtiana Sericographis, but Sericographis Ghiesbrechtiana in the body of the article in last number".

[" Ignoramus " has not quoted correctly, but it is near enough that we may explain that there is objection in some quarters to Latin or Greek names because they are so hard, and some good authorities in the Old World are inventing easy ones. Sericographis Ghiesbrechtiana is considered a very hard word, so, in order that it may be rendered simple, they have given us Ghiesbrecht's Sericographis as an easy substitute. Individuals among human beings have also in many cases very hard names. The movement for reform will perhaps extend to these as well as the names of plants, and the advocates of the measure may hope to secure an universal law that hereafter no fellow shall be borne down by a name of more than one syllable, unless he be of royal extraction, when not over six shall be tolerated].