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box from going in too far, in case the pigeon-hole is too 

 deep. Then, when the box is shut and shoved in, the thumb 

 is pressed against this rim while the box is drawn out, so that 



Pro- 



-(Fig- 



Fig. 60. 



the box is self-opening and self-closing. The boxes are placed 

 loosely in a pigeon-hole case, shown in Fig. 59, and may be 

 taken out entirely, if occasion requires. On the front of the 

 box is a form 

 into which a la- 

 bel is d r o p - 

 ped."— L. H. 

 Bailey, in 

 American Gar- 

 den, 8g. 

 Plant 



TECTOR.— 



60.) An Eng- 

 lish device con- 

 sisting of an 

 iron form, so 

 made that it 



Fig. 61. 



will hold panes of glass for protecting 

 tender plants. — Popular Garde?ting,v. 132. 

 Propagating Box. — (Fig. 61.) A 

 bottpmless box about four feet long by 

 three feet wide and two feet deep, cov- 

 ered with two sashes, one of which raises 

 upon a hinge. This is set upon the 

 greenhouse bench. — Fred W. Card, in 

 American Garde?i, joy. 



Fig. 62. 



