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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



laid down crossing each other at right angles ; and b the second stage, in 

 which the rods are made fast by the commencement of the weaving process. 



Figs. 1280. and 1281. show the progress of weaving the bottom ; the latter 

 being what ultimately becomes the under side, and the former the upper 

 side. 



1280 



1281 



Fig. 1282. shows the bottom complete, the under side of it being uppermost. 



Fig. 1283. shows the bottom turned upside down, the points of some of 

 the radiating ribs cut off; some of the rods 

 which are to form the side ribs inserted; 

 and the side weaving commenced, as indi- 

 cated by the four rods at c. 



Fig. 1284. shows thebasket nearly completed, 

 with part of the rim finished, and the rod on 

 which the handle is to be placed inserted. 



Fig. 1 285. shows the rim completed, and 

 part of the handle plaited. 



These details will be sufficient to enable 

 every gardener or woodman to form a common 



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coarse basket, which, we think, is all that, in 

 the present state of the division of labour, can 

 be required of him. Those who are desirous 

 of farther information on this subject may 

 consult our article already referred to, in the 

 Gard. Mag., vol. xiii., or the Encyclopaedia 

 Britannica, ed. 1836; or, if they have an op- 

 portunity, spend an hour or two in the manu- 

 factory of an extensive basket-maker. 



Baskets made of peeled rods, when com- 

 pleted, are washed with clean water, and after- 

 wards put into a close room, and bleached by 

 the vapour of sulphur. A small iron vessel 

 is made red-hot, and set in the centre of the 

 room, which is filled with baskets piled up all 

 round the sides of the room. A lump of 



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