. Arboretum et fruticetum Britannicum; or, The trees and shrubs of Britain, native and foreign, hardy and half-hardy, pictorially and botanically delineated, and scientifically and popularly described; with their propagation, culture, management, and uses in the arts, in useful and ornamental plantations, and in landscape-gardening; preceded by a historical and geographical outline of the trees and shrubs of temperate climates throughout the world . Fig. 1277. shows the handle and rim of the commonest form of Scotchbasket, made fast at the points of intersection. Fig. 1278. shows the same skel
. Arboretum et fruticetum Britannicum; or, The trees and shrubs of Britain, native and foreign, hardy and half-hardy, pictorially and botanically delineated, and scientifically and popularly described; with their propagation, culture, management, and uses in the arts, in useful and ornamental plantations, and in landscape-gardening; preceded by a historical and geographical outline of the trees and shrubs of temperate climates throughout the world . Fig. 1277. shows the handle and rim of the commonest form of Scotchbasket, made fast at the points of intersection. Fig. 1278. shows the same skeleton, with the ribs of one side added, andthe wattling, or woven work, commenced. 1279. Fig. 1279. shows the commencement of the English mode of basket-making;in which n re|)rcsents the six rods that are to form the bottom of the basket, 3 I) 2 1474 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. laid down crossing each other at right angles; and b the second stage, inwhich the rods are made fast by the commencement of the weaving process. Figs. 1280. and 1281. show the progress of weaving the bottom ; the latterbeing what ultimately becomes the under side, and the former the upperside. 1280
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