Tools and Co7ive7iie7ices of the Year. 



267 



the water is 

 nearly exhaust- 

 ed, as shown in 

 the lower illus- 

 tration in Fig. 

 42. To remedy 

 this difficulty, 

 the neck of the 

 spout, «, should 

 be made larger, 

 as shown at b. 

 The cross sec- 

 tion of the neck should 

 be twice greater than it 

 commonly is, as repre- 

 sented by the circles in 

 Fig. 43. — Der Praktischer 

 Ratgeber i??i Obst-und Gar- 

 tenbau, 22g. 



Indestructible Label. 

 (Figs. 44, 45.)— The tag 

 is made of ordinary glazed 

 earthernware, the name 

 being sunken and colored 

 blue. Heavy copper wire 

 bent into spirals is used 

 for fastening the tag to a 

 plant. — R. ZoRN, in Der 

 Praktischer Ratgeber im 

 Obst-und Gartenbau, j. 



Zinc Label. — (Fig. 46, 

 page 268.) A zinc label, 

 fastened to the tree or 

 stake by driving into it 

 the ends of a stiff wire 

 loop. — Isaac Hicks, in 

 Rural New- Yorker ^ 266. 



Double Wooden La- 

 bel.— (Figs. 47, 48, page 

 268.) It consists of two 



Fig 43. 



