N° d'objet
65/160/1-17
Créateur
Description
Seventeen plastic-sealed paper plant labels, produced by the John Innes Horticultural Institute. One shows the method of attachment to a tree, and another is a large advertising label on a stand with the words 'The John Innes Perspex-sealed Plant Label'. They were acquired by the Museum from the Department of Agricultural Botany at the University of Reading.
Historique d'archive
MERL ‘Handwritten catalogue’ form - ‘PLANT LABELS // Gardens- Labelling // 65/160/(17) // G. D. Rowley // 15 labels of various sizes, 1 label showing method of attrachment to tree, 1 large advertising on a stand “The John Innes Perspex-sealed plant label” . // misc note- ’II.2 Plastic- sealed labels: John Innes (see Rowley reprint for details)’, Gordon D. Rowley label – ‘II.2 Plastic-sealed labels: John Innes // (See Rowely reprint for details)', MERL Miscellaneous note – ‘COLLECTION OF PLANT AND TREE LABELS // 65/149–65/186 // G. D. Rowley, Dept. of Agricultural Botany, University of Reading // Details of Mr Rowley’s collection are given in his letter of 30th October, 1964 (attached). The examples have been accessioned in sequence to conform with his classification. All items have been classified under GARDENS – tree labels being regarded as a feature of landscape gardening. // See off-print (also attached) ‘Problems of Labelling’, G. D. Rowley – Journal of Royal Horticultural Society, Vol LXXVII Pt.6 June 1952.’, Letter, G. D. Rowley to MERL, 30 October 1964 – ‘Dear Mr Jewell, // Herewith promised earlier this year my collection of plant labels, brought together during 1941–1961 at the (then) John Innes Horticultural Institution and described in the R.H.S. Journal Paper of 1952, of which I enclose a second copy. // I hope it will be of some interest. // Each package is coded and the arrangement is as follows: // I HISTORICAL – Pre-1900 [65/149–155] // 1 Pottery and porcelain labels // 2 Slate // 3 Lead // 4 Zinc // 5 Wood // II MODERN – Post-1900 [65/156–172] // 1 Plastic tags: Woodman, Excelmet, Steelite // 2 Plastic sealed: Cosmocord, Morane, John Innes // 3 Plastic sandwich: Compra, De la Rue, Hartley, Thornhill // 4 Lightweight alloy: // Cast: Acme // Embossed: Excelmet, Hartley, Hills // 5 Glass: British Thomson-Houston, Hortac // 6 Miscellaneous // III LABELS FROM BOTANICAL GARDENS [65/173–179] // 1 Scotland // 2 France // 3 Germany // 4 Sweden // 5 Switzerland // 6 U.S.A. // 7 Australia // IV LABEL HAZARDS AND ENEMIES [65/180–184] // 1 The misplaced boot // 2 Sun // 3 Animals // 4 Strangling the plant // 5 Lightning // V RESEARCH ON LABELS – Durability [65/185–186] // 1 Effects of exposure outdoors // 2 Effects of immersion in water // Sincerely yours, G. D. Rowley’
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Document électronique
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_10271.tif - High resolution image