Dictionary of Tools ami Implements 



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Salad Piumets. — Five inches in diameter and 

 2 inches deep (fig. 19). 



In Loudon's " Gardener's Magazine " for 

 1842, a correspondent, with the initials " B. 

 H. A.," gives a description of a basket called 



two brackets or feet for the convenience of 

 standing upon the ground. Our engraving 

 (fig. 20) is taken irom Loudon's Magazine. 

 At the Great Exhibition of 1851, a similar 

 basket, called the Sussex Tuick Basket (fig. 

 21) was exhibited as the in\-ention of a Mr T. 



Fig. 21. 



a " Seed Carrier " (fig. 20), He describes it 

 as being made like a shallow cross-handled 

 basket, and very light. Several sizes were in 

 use, the small ones, made of white willow 

 {Salix alba), are exceedingly useful for carry- 

 ing seed at the time of sowing. The larger 



Smith, of Hurstmonceaux, to which the jury 

 awarded a prize medal. But probably B. H. 

 A. and Mr T. Smith are the same person. 



A sowing basket used in Scotland by 

 sowers who sow with both hands is shewn in 

 fig. 22. It has a curved form to suit the 



ones, which are sometimes made to contain 

 a bushel, are made of ash, are useful for a 

 variety of purposes, such as picking up litter 

 in the flower garden, or carrying soil ; and, 

 in fact, for every purpose for which the com- 



mon basket is generally used. They ha^•e canvas. 



front of the body, is fastened round the body 

 by a strap and buckle, and is suspended be- 

 sides by girthing attached to loops on the 

 side next the sower, and jjassed round the 

 back of his neck. It is lined with strong 



