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their names correctly in your memory, it is always the 

 proper thing to have them legibly written on a label 

 and stuck in the side of the pot, immediately between 

 the pot and ball. A piece of lath or white deal not 

 above three fourths of an inch in width, cut into a neat 

 shape and six inches long, pointed at the end for 

 insertion, with the sides smoothed to write upon makes 

 a capital label. Before writing on it give it a very 

 thin coat of white paint, this makes the pencilled 

 name stand out clear and prevents it from being 

 obliterated. The name should always be written down 

 the label in a plain round hand and in two lines if the 

 name be lengthy. Of course wooden labels will soon 

 decay at the inserted ends and have to be renewed ; to 

 avoid this an imperishable label can be made of zinc, 

 cut into the same shape. This you may write upon 

 with ink. There is an indelible ink that never fades 

 sold by the seedsmen for this purpose ; you can also 

 purchase from them Yeate's No. 16, or Erfurt potting 

 label made of zinc, just the label you require, for 2/ 

 per 100. There are several other styles of Yeate's 

 suspending and potting labels to choose from. And 

 you can purchase the common wooden pot-labels at 

 sixpence per 100, neater made I daresay than you 

 could make them yourself, and the trifling outlay 

 would save you the trouble of making them. 



A very neat way of labelling plants is by means of 

 small zinc or wooden labels with only a number written 

 on them corresponding with the number entered in a 

 little book, giving the botanical name of the species 

 and variety, with the commoner name it may be known 



