106 ' KECOKD OF IIOIiTICULTUKE. 



Small coi3per wire is the best material with which to 

 fasten the label to the plant. Annealed iron or brass wire 

 will answer the purpose very well, but neither of them 

 is as flexible or durable as copper. 



There are two modes of attaching the wire to the label : 

 one is, to pass tbe wire through a hole in the label and 

 give it a twist, as shown in fig. 19 ; and in the other the 

 wire is passed around the ends fitting into two notches 

 made for the purpose, as shown in figg. 20 and 21. 



Labels are now manufactured of almost any size re- 

 quired, and of various kinds of wood. White pine and 

 white wood are mainly used for all kinds of small labels. 



Fig. 21. 



W. W. Trevor, of Lockport, N. Y., manufactures an im- 

 mense quantity of these labels, and furnishes them at very 

 low rates. 



Judson & Co., of Rochester, N. Y., also manufacture 

 them extensively ; and they have lately added a new 

 feature in this line — that is, of printing the names of tlie 

 plants upon the label. For nurserymen who sell large 

 quantities of a single variety, these printed labels are very 

 convenient, and savo considerable time. Judson & Co. 

 charge only five cents per thousand extra for printing these 

 labels, which would scarcely pay for the wear on a Faber 

 pencil, to say nothing about the time occupied in writing. 



