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main crop. The frame should be filled 

 up with earth to within three or four 

 inches of the glass, or very shallow 

 frames may be used, for purposes as 

 these. When the plants are up, give 

 a little air by tilting the lights ; and as 

 they advance, and the weather is warmer, 

 give them more air, until the lights may 

 be taken off altogether during the day, 

 and put on at night. By the above ma- 

 nagement good hardened plants will be 

 fit for planting out towards the end of 

 May, or beginning of June, into warm 

 borders, or beds of light rich earth. If 

 the weather be dry at the time of plant- 

 ing out,, let the beds be well watered 

 previously to planting, and plant in the 

 evening. Lift the young plants from 

 the seed-bed with a small fork or trowel, 

 and plant them out with care eight or ten 

 inches from plant to plant each way, 

 and water them to settle the earth to 

 the roots. Attend to earth-stirring, and 

 water when required, until the plants 

 are well established. If green tops are 

 required for earlier use, sow in pots, 

 pans, or boxes, and place in any heated 

 structure. 



To obtain seed. Some of the earliest 

 raised plants must be left ungathered 

 from. These flower from July to Sep- 

 tember, and accordingly ripen their seed 

 in early or late autumn. 



BASINING-UP. By this term is meant 

 raising a small bank of earth entirely 

 round a plant, so as to retain water im- 

 mediately about the roots. 



BASKETS, employed by the London 

 gardeners, being made of osier or deal 

 shavings, vary triflingly in size more 

 than measures made of less flexible ma- 

 terials. They are as follows : 



Pottle a long tapering basket, made 

 of deal shavings, holding about a pint 

 and a half. 



Sea kale punnets eight inches diame- 

 ter at the top, and seven inches and a 

 half at the bottom, and two inches deep. 



Radish punnets eight inches diameter, 

 and one inch deep, if to hold six hands ; 

 or nine inches by one inch for twelve 

 hands. 



Mushroom punnets seven inches by 

 one inch. 



Salading punnets five inches by two 

 inches. 



Half sieve contains three imperial 

 gallons and a half. It averages twelve 

 inches and a half diameter, and six 

 inches in depth. 



Sieve contains seven imperial gallons. 

 Diameter, fifteen inches; depth, eight 

 inches. 



Bushel sieve ten imperial gallons and 

 a half. Diameter at top seventeen inches 

 and three quarters; at bottom, seven- 

 teen inches ; depth, eleven inches and a 

 quarter. 



Bushel basket ought, when heaped, 

 to contain an imperial bushel. Diame- 

 ter at bottom, ten inches ; at top, four- 

 teen inches and a half ; depth, seventeen 

 inches. Walnuts, nuts, apples, and po- 

 tatoes are sold by this measure. A bushel 

 of the last named, cleaned, weighs fifty- 

 six pounds, but four pounds additional 

 are allowed if they are not washed. 



BASKETS (RUSTIC). These are often 

 suitable ornaments for the reception of 

 flowering plants upon lawns, and other 

 parts of the pleasure-grounds. These 

 baskets are easily made. Having fixed 

 on the sizes you wish for, procure some 

 inch boards, either of sound oak, which 

 is the best, or of well-seasoned elm or 

 deal. Cut them into the proper lengths, 

 and nail them together the right width : 

 they will then form a square. Mark 

 then the desired form (round or octagon) 

 on this square, and cut it into the desired 

 figure. When this is done, you have 

 the groundwork of your basket ; make 

 the basket ten or eight inches deep, and 

 if your garden is moderately extensive, 

 you may have them the largest size to 

 be manageable, that is, from three to 

 five feet in diameter. If a small garden, 

 this size would be inconvenient, and 

 take up too much room. Yet there is 

 no reason why you should not have two 

 or three of these ornaments. For such a 

 garden, the most proper dimensions 

 would be two feet ; and for that size, 

 six inches deep would be proportionate. 

 Then proceed to nail to the circular or 

 ctagon bottom the sides. If the shape 

 is round, let the pieces of wood to form 

 the sides be narrow, bevel inwards the 

 sides, and shape them so as to form the 

 circle ; but if of an octagon form, the 

 pieces will be, of course, of the width of 

 each of the eight sides, and planed to fit 



