Of rural and e^tenfive Ga rdenivg. €^ 

 Bufinefs, who relblving to plow an Up-land 

 Pafture for Corn, that had lain Pafture a 

 great while, fleec'd oif all the Turif, and 

 thereby fav'd 40 or jo /. and might, had his 

 Defign been bigger, (av'd himfelf 2 or 500 /. 

 in his Pocket, vvhiJft another Gentleman of 

 no lefs Charafter wilfully fleecd Part of 

 his Meadows for that purpole, which in one 

 Summer came as thick again, and to my cer- 

 tain Computation fav'd ijo/. But fo wed- 

 ded are all our Gardeners to their old Ways, 

 that no TurfF will do but finer Sheep Walk. 

 TurfF, which very often turns moffie, and is 

 not worth a Farthing, while the luxurious 

 TurfF of Paftures grow ftrong, and maintains 

 an excellent Verdure and Carpet 3 and, in 

 truth, after a little more Care than ordinary,. 

 in mowing and rowling, is much beyond the 

 fined Sheep WalkTurfFrhat can be found. 



'lis already obftrv'd that TurfF ought to 

 cut about two Inches thick, and this efpeci- 

 ally, if it be cut either very early in Au- 

 tumn or late at Spring , but great Care 

 ought to be taken that it be cut of an equal 

 thicknefs, and well joynred in laying, that 

 it have, at leaft, four Inches of the midling 

 fort of Mould to lay on, and, if it be furring 

 Gravel or Sand, that the Earth be fix, eight, 

 or ten Inches thick, and if Part of it be a 

 ftrong Loamy Clay, 'tis ftill the better and 

 will maintain its fineft and natural Verdure , 

 the want of which is a great Blemiih in feme 

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