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LABELING 



LABURNUM 



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prevent it from turning around, is 

 shown in Fig 1210. It can lie made 

 for about $2 per hundred, with the 

 face 'S/-4 X 1>2 iachs. 



There are many designs of expensive 

 cast or enameled metal or porcelain 

 labels, that have found little use in this 

 country. A label of staniptd zinc of 

 English manufacture (sbuwn in IG, 

 Fig. 1215) is one of the best garden 

 labels. For Labeling specimen tree 

 trunks, a sheet of zinc or copper with 

 a little water-ledge bent at the top, 

 painted, enameled black and lettered 

 in white, is about the best thing wo 

 have. It should be secured with cop- 

 per tacks, and given occasional atten- 

 tion. (8ee No. 15.) The white bronze 

 tree tablets with letters cast in relief 

 have so far failed to secure general in- 

 troduction. A seriesof thiu sheet-cop- 

 per labels, to be writtenon with a stylus 

 against a soft, yielding surface, as a piece of leather, are 

 shown in Nos 12, 13, 14. These have proved too frail for 

 exposed out-of-door use, but are very good forcouserva- 

 tory plants, orchards, etc., though the inscription needs 

 rather close examination. In m:iking copper labels, the 



1216. A metal gar. 

 den label. 



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1217. Tiee labels of many patterns. 



temper should be taken out and the metal folded on the 

 edges. A neat label for conservatory use is made of 

 white sheet-ceiluloid with a mat surface, as pencil marks 

 show very plainly on it. 



Bniley describes fin "Principles of Frnit-growing") 

 the tree labels shown in Fig. 1217. "1, 2, Germanlabels 

 made of glazed earthenware, with the name 

 colored blue and sunken. Strong copper f^ 

 wire, coiled, to allow of the growth of the 

 limb, holds the label to the tree. 3, Cornell 

 label, made of wood. 4, double wooden 

 label, consisting of two common wooden 

 labels fastened together. The name is writ- 

 ten on the outside of the double label, as 

 in any other label, but it is also wiitten on 

 the inside to insure permanence. When the 

 outside writing is worn off, the label is 

 opened and the inside is still bright. 

 The label is fastened to the tree by 

 a tack or small nail, as shown in 

 the cut at the right. The label is 

 seen opened in the cut at the left. 

 5, C, zinc labels, nsed at the New 

 York State Experiment Station, 

 Geneva. The wire is driven into 

 the tree, and the name is written 

 or printed on the zinc with black 

 paint. 7, common hand- 

 made wooden tag, taken 

 from an old tree in the 

 test orchard of the late 

 (.'harles Downing, New- 

 burgh, N. Y. 8, thin cop- 

 per label, with the name 

 indented into the metal by 

 the use of a hard-pointed 

 instrument. Some metal 

 labels are liable to tear out 

 at the hole when exposed 



to winds. 9, common 121S. Paddock's vine- 

 painted pine label used by yard label, 

 niirserymen, and costing 



(without the copper wire) about 35 cents per 

 thousand for the common size, which is 'S}4 

 inches long. 10, Lodeman's label, used some- 

 what ntCornell, consisting of a tagof sheetlead 

 securely fastened to a coiled brass wire. The 

 wire is secured to the body of the tree by a 

 staple or screw-eye, and it is expected that the 

 wire will become imbedded in the trnnk as the 

 tree grows. No. 11, common zinc label ortally." 

 A good vineyard label is shown in Fig. 1218, 

 desciibed by Bailey as follows: "The tigure is 

 Paddock's vineyard label (designed by W. Pad- 

 dock. State Experimeul Station, Geneva, N.Y. ). 

 The label is a strip of heavy zinc secured to a 

 stiff galvanized wire. This wire or shank is 

 provided with a hook at the lower end and a 

 half-hitch near its middle, so that it can be se- 

 curely adjusted to the wires of the trellis, hold 

 ing the lal^el well above the foliage." 



S. C. Mason. 

 LABLAB BEAN. See BoUcJws. 



LABRADOR TEA. See Ledum. 



LABURNUM (ancient Latinname). Legumi- 

 ■}ii>s>e. Including PodocijiisHS. Golden Ch.ain. 

 Ornamental shrubs or small trees, with alter- 

 juite trifolioliate petioled Ivs., and yellowpapil- 

 iiinaceons, showy fls. in many-fid., ^^sualIy pen- 

 dulous racemes, Ij. alji'nntm is hardiest, L. vul- 

 (;<iri>i is almost hardy in M'lss., wliiie L. Coro- 

 manic inn is tender. They are adaptetl forplant- 

 ing on rocky slopes or in borders of slu'ubber- 

 ies, when they should be allowed enough space 

 to show to the best advantage their grace- 

 ful, drooping racemes of golden Us., which con- 

 trast with the dark green foliage. They are 

 hardly ever attacked by insects or fungi. The 

 Ivs. full late in autumn without changing color. 

 They thrive in any kind of well-drained soil, 

 including limestone, and grow as well in 



