Naming Tally, arsd grafting the Camellia, 



29 



3£m_ 



16 



Vacamwm 



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The dimensions of this 

 tally will always depend I f\Tammum- WE 

 upon the choice and object 

 of those who wish to use it. 

 The expense per 100 of the 

 size sent is, when completed 

 for use, about 23s. ; not, how- 

 ever, including the value of 

 men's time in writing; and 

 glazing, &c, as this can be 

 done at such seasons as their 

 time is of the least value. 



The cast-iron of the size 

 sent cost 205. per 100, when 

 metal was high, a year ago ; 

 the wooden tickets about 

 Is. 6d. per 100; cutting the 

 glass from waste fragments, 

 &c, Is. per 100 ; and perhaps 

 putty for 100 may cost 6d. ; 

 in all, 23s. 



The use of small bottles 

 with water, attached to 

 the end of the graft, in 

 working Camellias, &c, as 

 noticed Vol. II. p. 33., is 

 good ; but I have, for these three years past, practised with 

 success pushing the end of the graft into a small potato, or 

 piece of turnip, &c, and then working by the middle of the 

 graft as in the process of inarching. In this way I grafted 

 some double-flowering cherries in three years old wood, which 

 flowered very well the following summer. The application is 

 cheaper, more convenient, and less liable to accidents than 

 phials of water. I am, Sir, &c. 



Glasgow Botanic Garden, Stewart Murray. 



April 23. 1827. 



We certainly think Mr. Murray's tally the best which we 

 have seen for the open air ; and chiefly because, although the 

 iron may become corroded from the effects of time or the 

 neglect of painting, the writing and the glass will remain as 

 clear and legible as at the first. The price is remarkably low ; 

 neat cast-iron tallies cost, at the foundery at London, from 25s. 

 to 30s. a hundred, and the expense of painting and naming is 

 to be added. — Cond. 



