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LABELING 



LABURNUM 



prevent it from turning around, is 

 shown in Fig 1216. It can be made 

 for about $2 per hundred, with the 

 face 3Ji x IH inchs. 



There are many designs of expensive 

 cast or enameled metal or porcelain 

 labels, that have found little use in this 

 country. A label of stamped zinc of 

 English manufacture (shown in l(j. 

 Fig. 1215) is one of the best garden 

 labels. For Labeling specimen tree 

 trunlis, a sheet of zinc or copper with 

 a little water-ledge bent at the top. 

 painted, enameled black and lettered 

 in white, is about the best thing we 

 have. It should be secured with cop- 

 per taclis, and given occasional atten- 

 tion. {See No. 15.) The wliite bronze 

 tree tablets with letters cast in relief 

 have so far failed to secure general in- 

 troduction. A seriesof thin sheet-cop- 

 per labels, to be written on with a stylus 

 against a soft, yielding surface, as apiece of leather, are 

 shown in Nos, 12, 13, 14. These have proveil too frail for 

 exposed out-of-door use, but are very good for conserva- 

 tory plants, orchards, etc., though the inscription needs 

 rather close examination. In ranking copper labels, the 



1316. A metal ear. 

 1 label. 



1217. Tite labels of many patterns. 



temper should be taken out and the metal folded on the 

 edges. A neat label for conservatory use is made of 

 white sheet-celluloid with a mat surface, as iieucil marks 

 show very plainly on it. 



Bailey describes {in "Principles of Fruit-growing") 

 the tree labels shown in Fig. 1217. "1, 2, German label.i, 

 made of glazed earthenware, with the name 

 colored blue and sunken. Strong copper 

 wire, coiled, to allow of the growth of the 

 limb, holds the label to the tree. 3, Cornell 

 label, made of wood. 4, double wooden 

 label, consisting of two common wooden 

 labels fastened together. The n.ime is writ- 

 ten on the outside of the double label, as 

 in any other label, but it is also written on 

 the inside to insure permanence. When the 

 dutside writing is worn off, the label is 

 opened and the inside is still bright. 

 The label is fastened to the tree by 

 a tack or small nail, as shown in 

 the cut at the right. The label is 

 seen opened in the cut at the left. 

 5, 6, zinc labels, used at the Ne^\ 

 York State Experiment Station, 

 Geneva. The wire is driven into 

 the tree, and the name is written 

 or printed on the zinc with black 

 paint. 7, common hand- 

 made wooden tag, taken 

 trom an old tree in the 

 test orchard of the lati 

 (_'harles Downing, New- 

 burgh, N. y. 8, thin cop- 

 per label, with the name 

 indented into the metal by 

 the use of a hard-pointed 

 instrument. Some metal 

 labels are liable to tear out 

 at the hole when exposed 

 to winds. 9, common 1218. Paddock's 

 painted pine label used by yard label, 



nurserymen, and costing 



H^illiout the copper wire) about 35 cents per 

 thousand for the common size, which is S^j 

 inches long. 10, Lodeman's label, used some- 

 what at Cornell, consisting of a tagof sheetlead 

 securely fastened to a coiled brass wire. The 

 wire is secured to the body of the tree by a 

 staple or screw-eye, and it is expected that the 

 wire will become imbedded in the trunk as the 

 tree grows. No. 11, common zinc label ortally." 

 A good vineyard label is shown in Fig. 1218, 

 desciibed by Bailey as follows: "The figure is 

 Paddock's vineyard label {designed by W. Pad- 

 dock. State Experiment Station, Geneva, N.Y. ). 

 The label is a strip of heavy zinc sectired to a 

 stiff galvanized wire. This wire or shank is 

 provided with a hook at the lower end and a 

 half-hitch near its middle, so that it can be se- 

 curely adjusted to the wires of the trellis, hold 

 ing the label well above the foliage." 



S. C. Mason. 

 LABLAB BEAN. See Dolichos. 

 y LABRADOR TEA. See Ledtim. 



LABURNUM (ancient Latinname). Legumi- 

 ii".<.i . l-[ir\\n\\n{; Podveyiisns. Golden Chain. 

 ( iriKinieiital shrubs or small trees, with alter^ 

 uate trilolioliate petioled Ivs., and yellowpapil 

 ionaceous, showy ils. in many-fid., usually pen 

 dulous racemes, i.« //>('«» wi is hardiest, X. ?•»? 

 (jiiris is almost hardy in Mass., while L. Cava 

 /luniicinn iii tender. They are adapted forplant 

 ing on rocky slopes or in borders of siirubber 

 ies, when they should be .allowed enough space 

 to show to the best advantage their grace 

 ful, drooping racemes of golden fls., which con 

 trast with the dark green foliage. They are 

 hardly ever attacked by insects or fungi. The 

 Ivs. fall liite in autumn without changing color. 

 They thrive in any kind of well-drained soil, 

 including limestone, and grow as well in 



