LABELING ^i 



five parts water; or, if preferred, paint the label and stake 

 green and the letters in white. This label keeps clean because 

 it is above the mud-splash of the raindrops. ^^ ^ ^^ 



The Mann plant label illustrated on page 65 is of - 

 zinc. It is practically indestructible and stays put. 

 The length is 9>^ inches and width across the top 3>^ 

 inches. 



The Simplex label illustrated is a single piece of metal 

 frame and stake 16 inches long, securely holding in 

 place a slightly roughened celluloid card which is pro- 

 tected from the weather by a clear, smooth cover of mica. 



Celluloid labels, with the rose name printed in and 

 clearly showing from beneath a transparent glazed sur- 

 face, are perhaps the most recent development and 

 promise great satisfaction. 



One firm uses one of these labels on every two-year simplex 

 rose it sends out. The shape of it reproduces the firm's 

 "trade-mark," and its signature on the back is its *'make good" 

 guarantee. Such a label is evidence of a responsible dealer. 



One other type which is neat, compact, and fairly inde- 

 structible are the labels made of zinc or sheet metal half an inch 

 wide on which the letters are raised with an embossing machine. 

 Unless one has frequent use for such a machine, it is cheaper to 

 purchase the labels as wanted. 



The most elite rose labels we have ever seen are those used 

 by M. Gravereaux, in his wonderful garden at L'Hay, near 

 Paris (see opposite page), where, on top of small, sturdy iron 

 stakes, were bolted beautifully finished, flat-top, oval name- 

 plates of porcelain. 



Plotting. — But the "best-laid" labels sometimes go wrong, 

 and in some unexplainable fashion do get lost; therefore, to be 

 entirely protected, you can take out label insurance. Some 

 people think this is more important than labeling. Draw a 

 diagram of your bed, and then with letters or numbers indicate 



on it the location of each rose. 

 With this make out and keep a 

 key-list of roses lettered or 

 numbered to correspond with 

 apioia i.o^G tI"iose on the diagram. 



