Improvements in or relating to Horticultural Labels, and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Horticultural Labels, and the like.
I, EDWARD HUMPHRYS HARRY of 36 Adelaide Road, Brockley, London S.E.,
Nurseryman, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to effect improvements in the construction of
horticultural labels and the like and in the mounts or supports for the same.
According to my invention I form the labels of metal, zylonite, wood, ivory, or
any other suitable material. In or near the top and bottom edges of the label I form
holes or slots or holes and slots for receiving the bent ends and other bent portions of
the supports. These supports are formed of round, square, flat, corrugated, or other
wire or rod. The rod is bent so as to form the same into a fork with ends of equal
length. The forked portions are hent, at a short distance from their ends, so as to
form shoulders which fit into the lower holes or slots formed in or near the lower
edge of the label. The two ends of the rod are further bent so as to enter the holes
or slots formed in or near the upper edge of the label. The label is then attached to
the support by the latter being passed through the holes or slots, or sprung in
between tlie benda, or by a combination of both methods of attachment.
The labels are suitably endorsed on one or both sides, in the usual manner, and the
bont end of the support is then stuck in the ground, or hung upon a tree or fence, or
otherwise sustained.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
Improvements in or relating to Horticultural Labels, and the like.
I, EDWARD HUMPHRYS HARRY, of 36 Adelaide Road, Brockley, London S.E.,
Nurseryman, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
The object of my invention is to effect improvements in the construction of
horticultural labels and the like and in the mounts or supports, for the same.
According to my invention forin the labels of metal, zylonite, wood, ivory, or any
other suitable material. In or near the top and bottom edges of the label I form
holes or slots or holes and slots for receiving the bent ends and other bent portions of
the supports. These supports are formed of round, square, flat, corrugated, or other
wire or rod. The rod is bent so as to forin the same into a fork, with ends of equal
length. The forked portions are bent, at a short distance from their ends, so as to

page_text: form shoulders, which fit into the lower holes or slots formed in or near the lower
edge of the label. The two ends of the rod are further bent so as to enter the holes
or slots formed in or near the upper edge of the label. The label is then attached to
the support by the latter being passed through the holes or slots, or sprung in
between the bends, or by a combination of both methods of attachment.
The labels are suitably endorsed on one or both sides, in the usual manner, and the
bent end of the support is then stuck in the ground, or hung upon a tree or fence, or
otherwise sustained.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascertained,
reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of
reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the invention, and
Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly in section, on the line a, b, of Fig. 1.
c is the label, formed of metal, zylonite, wood, ivory, or any other suitable material,
aud having four holes formed therein at d d, to receive the ends of the supporting
wire e.
The upper ends of the wire are bent as shown in Fig. 2; the wire being bent to
the form shown previously to the attachment of the label thereto, in the manner
herein before described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
olaim is :-
1. The improved label and support substantially as and for the purposes
described.
2. In the construction of horticultural labels and supports for the same, the
combination with such labels of a wire or rod bent so as to form the same into a
fork, the ends being also bent so as to engage in holes made in the label and thereby
secure the same, substantially as herein before described and illustrated by the
drawings.
Dated 10th
100