56 OF THE CULTIVATION SECT. IV* 



their best manner, A garden may be cultivated so 

 as to be profitable ; and yet not conducted* so as to 

 be agreeable to walk in, which in a private garden is 

 a circumstance surely to toe lamented : The proper 

 appearance of a well managed one is expressed by 

 the word NEAT : Let all be done that can be to acr 

 complish this object. 



To be Meat, weeding must be industriously fol- 

 lowed up, and all litter that is made in working, 

 quickly carried off. The ground also should be fre- 

 quently 'stirred and raked between crops, and about 

 the borders, to give all a fresh appearance. There 

 is a pleasantness to the eye in new broken earth : 

 and when there are no -flowers left in the borders, 

 this gives an air of culture, and is always agreeable : 

 The observation is particularly meant to apply in 

 autumn, that the garden may not become dreary too 

 soon, and so bring on winter before its time. An 

 Asparagus fork is expeditious and useful in this 

 tase ; but it must be slightly used, lest it disturb the 

 roots of plants too much. Vegetables should not 

 be suffered to rock themselves by wind, so -as to form 

 holes round their stems, but be well earthed up (49) 

 or otherwise supported. 



Trees and shrubs should be constantly freed from 

 suckers and dangling shoots, and wall trees ought to 

 be regularly kept in order agreeable to directions in 

 section 12, On pruning. 



Let gravel walks be kept free from weeds arid moss, 

 often swept, and well rolled after rain. If there i$ 

 quantity of gravel enough in the walks to relay, or 

 turn them up every spring, or once in two years, it 

 will thoroughly clean them, and make them appear 

 lively. Moss may be either scraped off with a trowel, 

 or some such instrument, or rubbed off by repeated 

 strokes of a broom not quite new. 



Grass plats and walks should have their edges 



