Abstract: A tag applicating device includes a pair of crimping pliers having a magazine for sequentially supplying the pliers with fasteners and a tag holding and dispensing magazine coupled to the pliers. The tag holding and dispensing magazine is oriented so as to utilize the fasteners themselves as a registering stop. Alternatively, an adjustable stop may be provided such that individual tags can be advanced and registered with respect to the crimping pliers for application of the tags to objects such as branches or the like with the fasteners passing through the tag as the fastener is clamped around the branch.

Abstract: A stake for identifying a potted plant or seedling and insertable into a soil mixture is formed from a thin, flexible material. The stake includes a generally rectangular body, an integral shaft extending from the body and including at its end, remote from the body a generally triangular-shaped or barbed end integral with the shaft. The stake has a generally curved cross-section and a plurality of raised or embossed ridges extending longitudinally of the stake to increase the rigidity of the stake.