1 14 Cutting out and naming Labels for French Roses. 



Fig. 6., of one half the regular size, shows how to cut the 

 labels out with little waste, 







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Fig. 6. A Piece of Zinc or Sheet Lead marked for cutting into Labels. 



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7. is a label of the full size, which is 3 in. long by 1 in. 

 broad, with a neck 1 in. in length, which gives room for the 

 number and abbreviation, and also the wire to fasten it to the 

 tree. The labels may be cut to any size required, by letting the 

 neck occupy only one third the length of the label ; but the size 

 shown at Jig- 7. will be found sufficient for rose trees. The labels 

 may be cut out of sheet lead, and the names indented with steel 

 types, or out of zinc plate, and painted. 



Fig. 7. Zinc Label. 



Tin labels painted of an invisible green, with white letters, 

 and varnished over with copal varnish, would be more elegant. 



Zinc labels would be more durable than tin ones; but I have 

 mentioned the former on account of their being so easily cut 

 with a pair of shears. 



As the greater part of the names of roses are French, it would 



