. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. Fig. 23.—THE acme rose label. claim the advantages of durability, distinctness, light-ness, and neatness. A sample before us enables usto say that they have not overrated the merits of the Acme labels, which are made of stoutish zinc, withthe name embossed, and they appear to be practicallyeverlasting. Fig. 23 is a fac-simile in size and style ofthe Rose label; and fig. 24 of the one designed forfruit trees ; while another in the J form is manu-factured for Orchids and all plants grown in pots and. F
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. Fig. 23.—THE acme rose label. claim the advantages of durability, distinctness, light-ness, and neatness. A sample before us enables usto say that they have not overrated the merits of the Acme labels, which are made of stoutish zinc, withthe name embossed, and they appear to be practicallyeverlasting. Fig. 23 is a fac-simile in size and style ofthe Rose label; and fig. 24 of the one designed forfruit trees ; while another in the J form is manu-factured for Orchids and all plants grown in pots and. Fig. ACME FRUIT TREE LADE. borders. They are very cheap—the Rose label, forinstance, costing is. 3,/. per dozen ; and we shouldadd that a large selection are kept in stock. Clover and Rib-grass.—.-V customer of minemaintains that the Rib-grass found in samples ofred Clover are not grown with the crop. I haveseldom seen a sample of red Clover seed withoutsome Rib seed in it. I find it in American, German,and French reds, .and I have seen samples grown byfarmers in Herefordshire containing nearly a fourthof Rib-grass. My customer maintains that Rib-grasscomes into seed much earlier than Clover, conse-quently the Rib found in red Clover samples is putinto the bulk by the dealers. The latter .assertion Istrongly deny, as we have been to a large expense ingetting sieves and machines to try and take the Rib-grass out of red Clover samples. Would you kindlygive us your opinion ? IV. C. [Unless the percentage ofRib-grass is very large, we should not think it likelythat any seedsman would
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