because it can be easily Avrittcn upon by a
carpenter’s black lead pencil, and because it
is not liable to rast. A.n imitation of tins
tally, on a small scale, for pots (fig. 442.),
has been made of teiTo-metallic earth.
1803. Another kind o f tally fo r naming trees
and shrubs in arboretums is formed of brick-
earth, with a panel similar to that in Mr.
Murray’s tally, for tho insertion of a ticket inscribed
with the name and other particulars
relating to the plant, to be glazed over, or
simply fastened in with patty, and varnished.
As, from the weight of tallies of this sort, they
axe apt to sink into the ground, they ought .
to be formed with broad bases, as in fig. 444. The price of these/allies is veiy little
more than that of common b ricks; and, if the duty were taken off, this, in Britain, would
not exceed tivcnty shillings a thousand, , , . , ^ ^-u
1804 Number-biicks. For plants in the open ground, bricks set endwise and rather
obUquely in the soil, and the number painted on a black or white ground, answer well
where they do not require to be often removed. This mode is extensively used m tlie
herbaceous and tree an-angements in the nurseries of Messrs. Loddiges. A brick-earth
number tally (fig. 445.) has been invented by Mi*. Anderson, the late curator of the Chelsea
garden ; and a glazed earthenware tally, with the numhers stamped in before burning, was
lately exhibited to the Horticultural Society by Messrs. Doulton and Watts of Lambeth.
1805. The name-stich differs from the number-stick in having the name Avntten or
printed at length, instead of a number, figure, or sign, refen-ing to some list or catalogue
containing the name. Any of the written number-sticks will serve also for a name-stick ;
but, frequently, the upper end is broader, squai-e, round, or oblong, and inclmed to the
stem, so that the name may meet the eye at a parallel angle for reading. A very neat
sort of naming-instrument for plants in hothouses, which do not require to be often
removed, is fonned of white earthenware, on which the name may be written with ink
or pencil, or printed. A variety of other devices for numbering and naming planted
plauts, by instrmnents inserted in the ground, might be mentioned, but these will probably
suffice. , , , .
1806 Tke plantdabel is distinguished from the number and naming sticks, in bemg
hung or tied to the plant, or nailed or otherwise fixed to the wall or treUis against which
it is trained. There axe two species or varieties, the permanent and temporary.
1807 The permanent label is a slip or plate, an inch or more in width, and two or three
inches long, of deal, metal, earthenware, leather, horn, bone, ivoiy, &c., on which the
number or name is impressed or written ; and it is then hung to trees, or nailed on the wall
or espalier rail to which trees are trained. The difficulty, in the case of hanging labels on
trees, is to find a durable tie, or thread ; and, for this purpose, untanned leathern thongs,
or pieces of catgut, are preferred : silver or lead wire may also be used, the former tor
select plants, and the latter for commoner cases. _
1808 The temporary label is a shred of paper or parchment, and sometimes of leather
with a string attached, or with a slit cut in it, and it is used chiefly by nurserymen to
designate plants sold. ^ r -i. x
1809 The mode of naming or registering by series, chiefly apphes to tra it trees in
kitchen-gardens or orchards, and is done by marking down the names m a book o ron a
nlant in the same order in which the trees or shrabs are planted m the garden. Thus,
suppose the east side of an east wall is to be planted and registered without the use of
naSng-instruments or labels. Begin at the south corner, and wi-ite down under that
title the sort of trees in the order in which they axe planted, placing m tho hst a number
against each name, in regular series. Suppose that, at any time afterw^ds, you wish to
find wliich tree is the golden pippin ; then, looking in the list, that name is found o pp^ite
No 9 • counting nine, therefore, from the south corner, wiU give you the tree, &c. This
mode of registering by series is always a very good check to any other mode of numbcnng
or naming. Sometimes it is done on a general plan of the garden ; but the plan must
then he on a large scale to admit of writing down all the numbers or names ot the trees
in the spots where they axe planted. _ , i
1810. The essential instruments o f direction and designation are the line, rule, level, and
common tally.
S e c t . HI. Utensils.
1811 Utensils may be chaa-acterised by their property of being adapted to hold, contain
or include some material or thing, either for the preparation of materials, the
deportation of plants and garden productions, or their cultm-e and protection.
S u b s e c t . 1. Utensils o f Preparation and Deportation.
1812. Preparatory utensils are the screen and the sieve. Their constmction and use
embrace a variety of operations, mechanical and chemical.
1813. Screens are used in gardening for fining or sorting 446
earths gravel, or tanner’s bark. The mould-screen (fig 446.)
is a wire frame with a jointed fulcrum, by which it can be
placed sloping to any required degree : its use is to separate
stones and coarser particles from mould, either in trenchmg
over ground intended for bulbous or other tender ^ d succulent
roots, or in tm-ning over compost-heaps. The soil
must ho weU broken with the spade before it is thi-own on
the screen; and it is in vain attempting to use the utensil
gravel is to be applied. In general, one quarter of an inch is the
' half an inch for garden-gravel ; but for gravel used in the
too wide for excluding small stuff, nor two inches too naiTow for admitting the small
M T l .1 G a t e L 'r a e s arc of various kinds. The mould-sieve is a piece of d o “ of irire
firmly attached to a circular rim, the holes or mtcrstices in vvliieh need not be abm e one
fourth of an inch in diameter ; it is used for sifting mould foi small pots, bimes aie
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