LABELS. 



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LABELS. 



placing in the ground or in pots, or for 

 attaching to the branches of trees, sticks, 

 espaliers, rafters, &c. These are made of 

 different shapes, and some of different 

 sizes of the same shape. The outlines of 

 some of them are given in the accompany- 

 ing illustration, but other patterns are to be 

 procured of all nurserymen by whom they 

 are sold. The label shown at A is 4! inches 

 long and 3^ inches broad, and is used for 

 pots and borders by sticking the narrow 

 part in the ground, or it may be reversed 



2f inches by i^ inch ; G, 2f inches by 7^ 

 inches ; H, I inch by i inch. The labels 

 K and L resemble name or number sticks 

 in shape : K is made in different sizes, 

 namely, 9 inches by i^ inches for nursery 

 use, and 6 inches by I inch, and 5 inches 

 by i inch for pots and borders ; L is 4^ 

 inches by f inch, and is intended for use in 

 pots of small or medium size. At M is 

 shown a border standard or rafter and wall 

 pin in galvanised iron. It has a head like 

 the handle of a fiddle-pattern spoon, and 



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ZINC GARDEN LABELS. 



and hung on the edge of pots and shallow 

 pans by bending the narrow part into the 

 shape of a hook. The forms u and c, 

 which measure respectively 4 inches by 2^ 

 inches and 4 inches by 3 inches, are 

 intended for the same purposes, and are 

 used in exactly the same manner, as A. 

 The forms marked D, E, F, G, H, are per- 

 forated at the top with holes, and are used 

 for suspension to trees, plants, &c., by wire, 

 or for nailing to rafters, sticks, &c. Their 

 dimensions are as follows : D, 3! inches 

 by 2j inches ; E, 2| inches by 2 inches ; F, 



pierced with holes to allow of the attach- 

 ment of a zinc label by means of wire 

 These standards are made in any length, 

 from 4 inches upwards. The following are 

 the prices per 100 at which these articles 

 are supplied : A, 33. 6d. ; B, 2s. 6d. ; c, 

 2s. 9d. ; D, 2s. Qd. ; E, is. 9d. ; F, is. 8d.; 

 G, is. 8d. ; H, is. 2d. ; K, is. 9d. ; and L, 

 is. 8d. Yeats's Indelible Ink, an ink ex- 

 pressly prepared for writing on zinc labels, 

 is supplied at 6d. per bottle. Metal labels 

 possess an advantage over wood labels in 

 being very more durable, and therefore 



