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mode is that of using earthenware as a substitute for 

 wood, and either writing the name with common ink, 

 pencilling it with black or common lead, or painting 

 it in oil. Such naming instruments are now made 

 in abundance at the Potteries, and are to be had at 

 Spode's, Wedgwood's, or any of the principal earth- 

 enware shops in the Metropolis and large towns. 

 They are in use at Messrs. Loddiges, Sion-house, and 

 in the hot-houses of the Horticultural Society. 



A small book, containing a list of the names, 

 should be prepared, and occasionally the stock exa- 

 mined by it, to ascertain what sorts may have been 

 lost, &c. A very agreeable and instructive task for a 

 young person studying plants, would be to turn this 

 list into a descriptive history, with a graphic sketch of 

 every plant appended. 



