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into separate pots, to be placed in the bark-pit 

 of the stove. When cuttings are employed in 

 the second sort, they should be taken off the 

 young shoots at the above period, and made into 

 lengths of five or six inches, being then planted 

 in pots of light earth, and immediately plunged 

 in a moderate hot-bed, being removed in the 

 autumn to the tan-bed in the stove. 



They all require a free admission of fresh air 

 when the weather is fine, and in the summer 

 season frequent watering will be necessary. 



These plants afford variety in the green-house 

 and stove, and some of them are so hardy as to 

 stand the open air in warm situations. 



BASKET, Garden-, a contrivance formed of 

 small osier twigs or shoots interwoven with each 

 other, made for the purpose of receiving various 

 sorts of garden vegetables and fruits. They should 

 be of different kinds and sizes, in order to an- 

 swer different intentions, and capable of con- 

 taining quantities from a quarter of a peck gra- 

 dually up to a bushel or more. 



And in order to suit different uses they should 

 be of different forms and shapes; some smaller 

 sorts made flat and shallow, of different sizes, 

 both with and without handles; others of the 

 smaller kinds deeper, either with rounding or 

 flat bottoms; some with a small cross handle, 

 others without; and larger kinds still wider and 

 deeper. 



Such as are intended for gathering many 

 kinds of smaller articles, as the several sorts of 

 sal lad- herbs, soup-herbs, and other similar pro- 

 ductions, that arc required only in small or mo- 

 derate quantities at a time, should be had in 

 regular sets of different sizes ; of the smaller sorts, 

 as round shallow chip or osier, of from about 

 eight or ten to fifteen or eighteen inches width, 

 by two or three to five or six inches in depth., or 

 a little more ; and the first kinds may either be 

 in common without handles, or those of the 

 larger and deeper sizes may have low cross 

 handles, as is most convenient. 



But for gathering the larger productions of the 

 principal crops, as cabbages, cauliflowers, cole- 

 worts, and other similar kinds ; and the different 

 forts of large esculent roots, as peas, beans, &c, 

 which are usually required in considerable quan- 

 tities, they should be large strong osier baskets, 

 of much wider and deeper dimensions, and of 

 different sizes, to ho'd from the quantity of a 

 peck to a bushel, made in proper forms, with 

 suitable handles according to their uses. 



Some of those called sieve baskets may also be 

 convenient on many occasions : they are mostly 

 made of a low form, being equally wide at the 

 bottom and the top, and from ten or twelve to 

 fitteen or eighteen inches over, by eight or ten 



to twelve inches deep, but without handles. 

 These are well adapted for gathering and sending 

 the larger quantities of particular sorts of fruits, 

 such as cherries, gooseberries, currants, grapes, 

 plums, pears, 8cc. to market, or occasionally, 

 with the smaller sorts, for peaches, nectarines, 

 apricots, and other kinds of the finer sorts 

 of fruits, each different kind being mostly put 

 in a separate basket. 



When it is intended to send these sorts of fruit 

 to any distance, they should not be rilled above 

 the brim, and be covered at top, either with 

 leaves, fern, or a little clean hay ; and thus, 

 when conveyed many together, those of equal size 

 may, if necessary, be placed one upon another, 

 without fear oftheir pressing detrimentally upon 

 the fruit; as in this manner vast numbers of 

 baskets are often sent, packed together, by boats 

 and other conveyances to the London markets. 



And for sending some of these more delicate 

 sorts of wall-fruit, as peaches, nectarines, fine 

 plums, &c. they are put up in similar-formed 

 but smaller baskets, as in those of three, four, 

 or five inches deep, without handles ; and these 

 packed together in one of large deep dimen- 

 sions. 



For family use, to send considerable portions 

 of different sorts of kitchen-garden productions, 

 fruits, &c. to any distance, one or more large, 

 wide, deep, osier basket is necessary, made 

 round or oblong, or in the manner of a ham- 

 per, and furnished with a top cover, fixed to 

 one side, with a sort of withy hinge. 



Baskets of this larger kind are likewise ex- 

 ceedingly useful for various other purposes in 

 gardens, in containing and carrying particular 

 articles ; as in the business of planting and trans- 

 planting, to contain and carry the respective 

 sorts of plants, roots, sets, &c. to the places 

 where they are wanted. Similar kinds of bas- 

 kets are also very useful in the business of hand- 

 weeding in walks, beds, borders, &c. to con- 

 tain and carry oft* the weeds, as well as for re- 

 moving heaps of weeds, litter, and rubbish, 

 where a wheel-barrow cannot he conveniently 

 admitted or employed for the purpose. 



For gathering and containing different sorts 

 of fruit, different-sized baskets are also necessary. 



Where there are collections of different fruits, 

 the baskets should be of proper sizes, adapted 

 for smaller and larger kinds: as forgathering 

 the daily supplies of the several sorts of smaller 

 fruits, as cherries, strawberries, raspberries, 

 mulberries, gooseberries, currants, grapes, &c. 

 regular sets, in several sizes, of small round 

 white chip, or neat osier, may be proper: those 

 from six or eight to ten or twelve inches wlde\ 

 and from three or four to five or six inches 

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