€S Of rural and ext en five Gardening. 

 And in truth/ where-ever the Ground is (hal- 

 low, there we commonly contrive as many 

 Walks and Cabinets as we can, and make 

 them fo much the wider, that the Earth that 

 comes thereout, may raile the Quarters to a 

 proportionable thickneli. And iet thefcQiiar- 

 ters remain rough, and in Ridges, that the 

 Ground may fweeten, and meliorate, efpeci- 

 ally, if it be a wet, four Land, it is better 

 to lofe a whole Seafon in planting, than ei- 

 ther to fow,or plant on four, wet Land, where 

 the Trees will not root, nor the Seed fprout, 

 whatever the hafty and impatient may think 

 of it. 



The fame Care and Proceedings ought to 

 be in the Quarters K K, &c. in all, which if 

 the Ground is lumpy, heavy, and ftifF, or 

 wet, and four^ one ought firft to take care to 

 draw off the Water, and then to ridge it for 

 a whole Winter Seafon, and, if very bad, let 

 it lie fallow all the Summer, only fbwing a 

 few turnings ^ and by the Michaelmas follow- 

 ing, you may expcft your Ground to be in 

 good Order, either for planting,or fowing. 



And now we return to the finifliing our 

 Terrace Waiks, and Parterre, that are not 

 turff'd, and to the gravelling thereof. Gravel 

 indeed muft be got where it can, but TurfF 

 is, without doubt, to be had nearer at hand, 

 than where 'tis generally got 5 and I can t but 

 often think with Pleafure on the Frugality 

 of a Gentleman, for whom I lately did fome 



, Bufinefs, 



