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ordinary v/ooden labels, fastened together by a wire. The 

 ~ name is written 



upon the outside 

 of the double la- 

 b e 1 , as in any 

 label, but it is also 

 written on the in- 

 side for perma- 

 nence. When the 

 outside writing is 

 worn off, the label is opened and the inside writing will be 

 found to be bright. The label is fastened to the tree by a 

 tack. Fig. 48. — 

 F. S., in Rural 

 New- Yorker, 21^. 

 Seed Protect- 

 or.— (F i g . 49. ( 

 A box a foot 

 square, with a 

 wire cloth bot- 

 tom, for setting over papers and pans of drying seeds, to pro- 

 tect from wind and vermin. — L. H. Bailey, in American Gar- 

 den, 8g. 



Apparatus for Testing the Vitality of Seeds. — (Figs. 



50, 51, page 269.) This consists 

 of three parts : a tin tank (r) for 

 holding water ; a block of gypsum 



Fig. 47. 



Fig. 48 



