LABELS AND MAPS 



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KEEPING RECORDS OF THE PLANTATION 



If one has a large and valuable collection of 

 fruit or ornamental plants, it is desirable that he 

 have some permanent record of them. The most 

 satisfactory method is to label the plants, and 

 then to make a chart or map upon which the 

 various plants are indicated in their proper posi- 



110. A good stake label. 



111. Metal stake label. 



tions. The labels are always liable to be lost and 

 to become illegible, and they are often mis- 

 placed by careless workmen or mischievous boys. 

 For vegetables, annuals and other temporary 

 plants, the best labels are simple stakes, like that 

 shown in Fig. 109. Garden stakes may be bought 

 of label manufacturers, a foot long, an inch wide 

 and three - eighths inch thick, for from three to five 



