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Copper Labels. — These are made of light sheet copper, eye- 

 leted and wired ready to use as soon as the name of the plant 

 is inscribed. The copper labels are very light, and are therefore 

 most suitable for hanging on the branches of your 

 roses in a conspicuous place, not to be disturbed 

 until you begin your pruning. Then, if necessary, 

 remove them to some other part of the plant not in 

 danger from your shears. But any type of label 

 that must be wired on the bush may constrict and 

 check the life of the stem or branch on which it 

 hangs. Therefore, a better wa}' to use these copper 

 labels is to suspend them on a stout wire stake 

 alongside the plant, so that no removing 

 will be necessary unless the rose is being 

 transplanted to some other part of your 

 garden, when, of course, the label should go along 

 with it. This shape of label is now available in celluloid 

 faced with perfectly transparent mica. (See right-hand 

 cut of the two above.) 



Plain or Printed Wooden Labels, similar in size and 

 shape to the two illustrated above, may be attached 

 to an upright iron stake. This is the scheme that was 

 followed in the noteworthy garden of Capt. George C. 

 Thomas. Furthermore, upon the same stake, with the 



^ name label, he would hang a plain wooden 



.,^^ label on which to mark the number of roses 



\ I r harvested throughout the season from that 

 bush, each time one or more roses were cut. 

 Such a plan, faithfully followed, makes an in- 

 valuable record for any careful rose-grower on 

 to base his advice to future purchasers. 



The best of wooden labels must be sometimes re- 

 newed. A more permanent type we call the "Garden 

 Club" label. It is a triangular piece of flat zinc with 

 rounded corners, hung on the gooseneck top of No. 9 

 galvanized iron wire, 15 inches long, as above. There 

 is room on the reverse side for date of planting and 

 other data. For indelible ink, dissolve a copper cent 

 Labir in a 1-ounce solution of one part sulphuric acid and 



Garden 

 Club 

 Label 



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