The Canadian Horticulturist. 



Fig. 89. — Section* of Canada Baldwin Apple. 



LABELS FOR TREES IN PLEASURE GROUNDS. 



While a ground label may be the proper thing for a young and choice tree 

 in parks, etc., because another kind could not be affixed to it in a satisfactory 

 way, a much better device for large specimens, simple and cheap, is made of a 

 piece of tin about four inches long by three inches wide. Bend down about 

 half an inch of the upper edge at a right angle, which will form a little coping 

 for the label ; then make two little holes just beneath this and pass a strong 

 copper wire through them, firmly nailing it to the tree. This should be about 5 

 or 6 feet from the ground, and in a position where it can be easily read. Such 

 labels last a long time and are safer from displacement or loss, and hence more 

 satisfactory then labels inserted in the grass at the foot of trees. 



Eor garden plants, young trees, etc., strong 

 but neat cast iron labels will be found service- 

 able. If you wish to get a stock of them for 

 your choicer plants, make a model of wood, 

 about 10 or 11 inches high, one inch wide at 

 the shank, the head 4 to 5 inches across and 

 2 inches wide, as shown in engraving, and 

 send it to the foundry. In writing these labels 

 first write in the outlines of the letters, and 

 then fill in rather thickly with finely strained 

 l)aint. l'"or grouiul color white is preferable 

 to black. AVrite the common name first, then 

 the generic name, then the species, and a little to the right below, the genus. It is 

 always desirable to put down the native country of tree or shrub, and date of 

 planting. The writings on these labels should be occasionally renewed in winter 

 — Popular Gardening. 



