Cultivar Registration, a Joint Effort

This paper recommends cooperation between researchers, public gardens and nurserymen in a project to properly name, release and document new plant releases to the industry. Leadership for registration of woody plants not specifically assigned to any other society has been assigned to the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta (AABGA). Greater participation may be stimulated by publication of articles on registration in various media; development of interactive programs between nurserymen, public gardens, universities and the Office of Plant Patents; involvement of state representatives interested in stimulating the use of the International Code of Cultivated Plants—1980. Programs are in various stages of implementation.