BASKETWORK. 



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vase is intended to be filled with mould, 

 and plants set in it. 



We object very much, however, to the 

 use of hempen rope for this purpose, or, 

 indeed, for any other kind of ornament 

 in connection with wood or more durable 

 material. A better substitute could be 

 found by using the auburn-coloured 

 Poly tri chum commune, a moss of great 

 length and durability, and to be found, in 

 abundance in bogs and mountain woods. 



Fig. 932 is a very excellent rustic vase 

 or basket. The form is given by con- 



Fig. 932. 



structing a box of durable timber, and 

 elevating it on a pedestal formed also of 

 plank. The pedestal and lower part of 

 the basket are covered with thick rugged 

 bark of oak or elm, or with thin slabs 

 cut off trees of that description. The 

 angles are covered with a beading of 

 moss rope, as are also the bands round 

 both pedestal and basket. The upper 

 part is also covered with bark ; and on it 

 are nailed, at equal distances, rustic rods 

 placed in a slightly diagonal direction. 

 The top is cut in an undulated manner, of 

 unequal lengths, and finished in the same 

 manner, only of a larger size, as the 

 angles and bands are. 



Fig. 933 is formed of four kneed rustic 

 pieces of wood as near in size and form 

 as can be procured. The panels be- 

 tween them are filled up with planking, 

 the surface of which is covered with rods 

 or with rustic bark ; and over that, with 

 moss rope or rustic rods, are given any 

 curious appearances the ingenuity of 

 the maker can suggest. Sometimes the 



cones of any of the species of pine are 

 chosen • and with them lines, either 



Fig-. 933. 



straight or curvilinear, may readily be 

 formed. The top, for greater strength, 

 may be caped with a piece of rustic tim- 

 ber of the same diameter as the main 

 supports, sawn through the middle, and 

 neatly mitred at the corners. 



Figs. 934 to 937 exhibit a style of 

 flower-baskets not hitherto published. 



Fig. 934. 



