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EECOED OF HORTICULTURE. 



ZINC LABELS. 



These are made of various patterns, both for hanging 

 upon trees and shrubs as well for the open ground or for 

 pots. Zinc labels have been in use for a number of years 

 past, and some of our horticulturists prefer them to any 

 other. They are, however, too expensive for commercial 

 purposes ; that is, to affix to plants that are being sold 

 from the nursery ; but for a permanent label on specimen 

 plants, they are certainly worthy of attention. 



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We are not quite sure Avhethcr there are any who make 

 a business of manufacturing these labels in this country or 

 not, but almost any one can make them from sheet zinc 

 with a good strong pair of shears. Zinc labels are im- 



