Of rural and ey^tevfive Gardening. 6^ 



monly do it, about fix Inches Thick, and ufed 

 in the covering of our Carpet and Terrace 

 Walks, and on our Plates and Lawn of Grafs, 

 or Bowling green 5 and here it muft be ofa- 

 ferv'd, that, tho' the TurfF it felf may be 

 coarfe, yet a little good keeping by moving, 

 rowling, &c. will make it fine, and it will 

 be a great Convenience, and fave a confidera- 

 ble Sum of Money, if you can have TurfF 

 enough there, or in any Pafture Ground near 

 at hand, which will by fowing of Hay-feed, 

 foon come again fine enough for its own 

 Purpofe ; perhaps the Convenience of 

 this Turff may fave the Owner yo or 60 L 

 in his Pocket, Carriage being v/hat a Maa 

 ought above all things carefully to avoid, al- 

 tho', as I have often heard the weaknefs of the 

 Arguments, the Draughts (as they commonly 

 call them in the North) be the Matters own, 

 yet in this Work he will find too many things 

 of ablolute Neceffity to be done by them, to 

 employ them idlely 5 befides, they muft at 

 the fame time have care to feed them well, 

 and Cart Gears, and the Attendance of two 

 Men, which might be otherwife, and, perhaps, 

 much better employ 'd. 



We begin, then, in this Cafe, with the Par- 

 terre quarters mark'd H H, for it is no mat- 

 ter, when the full Defign is ftak'd out^whether 

 one begin in the middle^or at which end it be, 

 thePams and Care wx have been at, in ad- 

 jufting the Line and Level fujfficiently anfwers 



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