Agricultural exchanges are still discussing the propriety of short and expressive names for fruits and flowers. It seems strange that there should be any dispute about it. The parent of a Spanish Prince may give the child the names of all the holy saints in the Roman calendar with those of all his illustrious ancestors added. There is no disputing the right, but he will be only Don Pedro first or second or so on, when he comes to reign.

So the fortunate father of a new fruit may christen it Junkin's Noblest Triumph On The Great American Continent Seedling Strawberry; it will become simply The Junkin, and even Junkin without the definite article, when it comes to rule in popular estimation; if it comes to be a king at all. "Strawberry," "seedling," "continent," and all the items get rapidly dropped; and when the Great Junto - the American Pomological Society - comes forth to welcome the new comer to royal honors, to "Junkin" only is the homage paid. Some who stand on abstract right can make a good case that all this is wrong; but for all this it ever will be since Col. Wilder started the fight for brevity and good sense. It is one of those cases in which we think the poet's expression that " whatever is, is right," comes down with full force.

Let whoever will give his " seedling" a name a yard long. Let us not dispute his right. But the one who favors his discovery with a short, sharp and decisive name, will win the greatest battle in popular favor, and become the popular hero.