Of rural and ext en five Gardening, jp 

 or three Weeks, the iirft Rain that ccmesy 

 it falls to Dutt. This i$ fupposy to be in 

 the Autumn Seaibn, towards the latter End^! 

 the beft Time of aiay for the Defigns, and 

 laying out and planting of Gardens. 



The next Care is the Gravelling the 

 Walks, that lie betwixt the Quarters, and 

 Divifions of Grafs, out of which I do fuppofe, 

 there is already taken all the good and fecond; 

 Sort of Mould for ufe; the Bottom of alt 

 thefe Walks . lliould be fili'd with Lime 

 Rubbiili , or Coarfe Gravel, Flint Stones, 

 or other Rocky Stuff, in order to keep 

 the Weeds from paffing through 5 and this 

 ought to be eight, or ten Inches over, 

 which you may lay fix, or eight Inches otr 

 fine Gravel, not fcreen'd, for that fpoils it^' 

 but bcft on a round Heap, by which means 

 the great rough Stones will run down oa 

 each Side, and thofe being every now and 

 then rak'd off, the Gravel is fine enough 

 for our purpofe : The Finfenefs of Gravel in 

 fome Walks being unpardonable Folly. 



When you come, then, to lay your Gravel 

 fix Inches thick, or eight, or ten, if plentiful, 

 you are indeed obliged in Order to Rake the 

 Walk true and level from all great Dips,^ 

 a3 well as little Holes, I fay you are here 

 oblig'd to Rake almoft all/ the Stones of your 

 Walk under your Feet 5 but inftead of bury- 

 ing them all, which many Gardeners do^ 

 even to a Fault, one ought rather to Xprinkle 



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