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Fig. 23 represents a form of basket for 

 sowing seed used in P^ngland. It is sus- 

 pended by girthing fastened to the two 

 Tiandles on the rim of the Ixasket, and 

 l)assed eitlier over the left shoukler and 



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under the right arm, or round the back of the 

 neck : and the left hand holds it steady by 

 the head of the wooden stave shewn on the 

 other side of the basket. 



carrier when full ; in other parts it is carried 

 in the arms, with the bottom rim supported 

 by the haunch. 



The best form of corn basket {Scotice, wecht 

 or maund) for use in the barn is that shewn 

 in fig. 25. They are sometimes made of 

 wood, or of skin, or strong canvas, attached 

 to a hoop of wood. 



It is an interesting fact to notice, in regard 

 to baskets, that the facility of teaching and 

 acquiring the art of basket-making renders it 

 a favourite, indeed the most important, em- 

 ployment for the blind in the asylums estab- 

 lished for their reception. 



BLANCHING POT.— The pots areof vari- 

 ous shapes. The best are made of burnt clay. 

 Figs. 26 and 27 represent the most approved 

 for blanching sea-kale. They consist of two 

 parts, a body, a, and a top. /', which latter, on 

 being taken off, permits the gardener to ex- 

 amine the state of the crop, and also to gather 

 it, without having to remove the whole ; thus 



Fig. 24. 



The seed-corn basket {Scotice, ruskie) is 

 visually made of twisted straw, laid in rows 

 along each other, and fastened together by 

 means of withes of willow (fig. 24). 



Fig. 26. 



Fig. 27. 



preventing the trouble arising from the escape 

 of the spreading shoots, or the entire removal 

 of the dung at the time of forcing. These 



It is 



provided with a couple of handles of the 

 same material, sufticient to admit the points 

 of the fingers, and also a rim round the 

 loottom, upon which it stands. In the Border 

 counties it is carried on the head of the seed 



pots are of various sizes, from 10 to 18 inches 

 in diameter, and from 12 to 20 inches in 

 height. A modification of the above form 

 is used for blanching endive (figs. 28 and 29); 

 and as there is no occasion for a portable top 



