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plants are the best, as they are not only more prolific, but 

 they do not throw up suckers. They may be grown 

 either as low standards, with stems three feet high, or as 

 pyramids or dwarf bushes. 



10th. Walnuts are propagated from seeds or by graft- 

 ing, in the same way as filberts. There is a dwarf pro- 

 lific variety, that bears quite young, and makes handsome 

 pyramidal garden trees. 



SECTION 6. LABELS FOR NURSERY TREES. 



It is highly important that a correct system for preserv 

 ing the. names of varieties be adopted. Our practice is, to 

 make labels of cedar, eighteen inches long, three inches 

 wide, and about an inch thick. These are pointed on one 

 end, to be sunk in the ground eight or ten inches, 

 and the face is painted white. When a variety 

 is to be budded or grafted, the name, or a number 

 inferring to a regular record is written on it, 

 and it is put in the ground in front of the first tree 

 of the variety. Besides this, we invariably record 

 in the nursery book each row, with the kind or 

 kinds worked on it, in the order they stand in 

 the square. In case of the accidental loss of the 

 labels, the record preserves the names. Figure 

 91 represents this kind of label, and though there 

 are many others in use, we believe this is one of 

 the simplest and best. 



At the time of budding or grafting, we usually 

 write the name on with pencil, and after the 



Fig. 91, la- square has been all worked, the numbers are 

 lely^" made with a brush and black paint. 



