The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 136
into Labels. Fig. 7. is a label of the full size, which is 3 in. long by 1 in.broad, with a neck 1 in. in length, which gives room for thenumber and abbreviation, and also the wire to fasten it to thetree. The labels may be cut to any size required, by letting theneck occupy only one third the… … Fig. 7. Zinc Label. Tin labels painted of an invisible green, with white letters,and varnished over with copal varnish, would be more elegant. Zinc labels would be more durable than tin ones; but I havementioned the former on account of their being so easily cutwith a pair of shears. As the greater…
