| Title: | Gardener's basket |
| Original Title: | Mannequin ou Manne |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 10 (1765), p. 17 |
| Author: | Unknown |
| Translator: | Ann-Marie Thornton [Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey] |
| Subject terms: |
Gardening
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| Original Version (ARTFL): | Link |
| Source: | Russell, Terence M. and Anne Marie Thornton. Gardens and landscapes in the Encyclopédie of Diderot and D'Alembert : the letterpress articles and selected engravings. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999. Used with permission. |
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| URL: | http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0002.121 |
| Citation (MLA): | "Gardener's basket." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0002.121>. Trans. of "Mannequin ou Manne," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 10. Paris, 1765. |
| Citation (Chicago): | "Gardener's basket." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0002.121 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Mannequin ou Manne," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 10:17 (Paris, 1765). |
Gardener’s basket, a type of basket made from large osiers plaited into wicker. It may also refer to baskets placed over the roots of yews, elms, limes, and fruit trees, and reserved for filling up empty spaces in gardens.
La Quintinie recommends that espaliers should be somewhat concealed in the baskets so that they follow the bent of other plants trained as espaliers and may be transported to the wall more easily. Standard trees or trees grown as bushes should be planted upright in the baskets.
Gardener’s baskets should be round and made from green osiers. Their depth and size should be proportioned to the strength of each tree.