Re: long hosta names

Hi Cindy,
 
According to the "International Code of Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants " (ICNCP) a cultivar name
must be made of no more than 10 syllables or 30 characters (spaces and demarcation signs do not count).
Given the above limits of length, a cultivar name may be made of any number of words. Each word must
have a capital initial, with the exception of conjunctions, prepositions and a word coming after a hyphen (-).
 
So, don't buy H. 'Honey Hill Wrinkled Rainslicker'!
 
Btw, I think it's H. ' A Many-splendored Thing', with a hyphen.
 
Greetings,
 
Hugo
 
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Brasschaat
Belgium
 
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----- Original Message -----
From: c*@mediaone.net
To: P*@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM ; hosta-open@mallorn.com
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 6:42 PM
Subject: long hosta names

Hi folks,
 
I'm busy making labels for my new hostas, one being H. 'A Many Splendored Thing'.   There's 23 letters and spaces in that name, and now I can't fit the breeder/registrar and date registered on the front of the label, along with the name (thereby upsetting my system, lol).  Is there a limit to the nbr of letters in a name?
 
Cindy Johnson
White Bear Lake, MN
zone 4a
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