. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 636 The American Florist. Nov. JO, The i^uRSERY TRsiEie. AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. R. C. BERCK5IAN8, Ptes.; R. J. CoE, Vioe-Pres.; Geobse C. Sbaseb, Rochester, N. Y., Seo'y. Twenty-seventh annual convention, Milwaukee, Wis., June, 1902. More pecans than ever are being planted in the south this fall. Heavy shipments of nursery stock are being made to Canada during the "open ; Tree and Plant Labels. From time to time much has been writ- ten about tree and plant labels, mostly as to which is the
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 636 The American Florist. Nov. JO, The i^uRSERY TRsiEie. AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. R. C. BERCK5IAN8, Ptes.; R. J. CoE, Vioe-Pres.; Geobse C. Sbaseb, Rochester, N. Y., Seo'y. Twenty-seventh annual convention, Milwaukee, Wis., June, 1902. More pecans than ever are being planted in the south this fall. Heavy shipments of nursery stock are being made to Canada during the "open ; Tree and Plant Labels. From time to time much has been writ- ten about tree and plant labels, mostly as to which is the best material to use, the size, form, and general usefulness— but with all there appears always to have been a consensus of opinion that it is necessary to have a name label of some sort, though it has never been quite decided as to which is "; I now intend to show what is not only the very worst, but where much loss of time and somewhat of vexation might be at least lessened. During a prolonged life it has been my good fortune to have been a lover of arboriculture and horticulture, and in that respect to have done much in "plant- ing," consequently have purchased both large and small quantities of trees, shrubs, and plants, besides fruit trees. Well, it may be said, "What has all this to do with labels?" Why, this. Fifty years ago when buying fruit trees, they were sent out with labels that were so far last- ing as to be serviceable for some months, being mostly of wood, and then also the trees were cheaper, dwarfs being 12 to 16 cents and standards 25 cents each. Now the price is more, and the labels are of a most cheap and perishable kind, so much so in most cases that unless they are relabeled when planted, the chances are that their identity will be lost, or at least until the fruiting time. This remark also applies to plants, herbaceous and others. Some nursery- men, however, seem to think that a label ought to be in a degree durab
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