Of rural and ext en five Gardening. 75* 



The bed Gravel for binding is a kind 

 of Iron Mould Gravel; or Gravel with 

 a little binding Lime amongft it, and ihew, 

 the latter is apt to ftick to the Heels of ones 

 Shoes in hot Weather ; yet in dry nothing 

 binds better. And this direds to the me- 

 thod, fometimes us'd, of mixing Loam with 

 it^ when the Gravel is over Sandy or Sharp,' 

 this being caft in Heaps, and well mix*d and 

 blended together, will bind like a Rock ;> 

 whereas loofe Gravel, is as uncomfortable, 

 and uneafy, as any other Fault in a Walk ; 

 and 'tis in this we in England are always 

 like to exceed, either the French , T>}itch , 

 or Fkmming. 



The propercft Time for laying feve- 

 ral Walks is in the Month of A/^r^A 5 and, 

 as it is a Folly to lay Walks for Winter, fo 

 it is alfo to begin fooner in the Spring. > 



The laft that I fhall here mention, tho* 

 *tis a Work that is often done, before either 

 of the other two, is planting or fowing. But 

 of this I have faid fo much in the firft Vo- 

 lume , that I fliall not repeat it again , 

 but only fay a finall matter in Refe- 

 rence to the Defign in Hand. 



And firft, to fave Expence, both in the 

 making and keeping, I put in a general Ca- 

 veat againft all Borders, Greens, and Flowers; 

 fo that how fimple foever thefe Defigns 

 may appear, we only recommend plain Grals, 

 and Gravel j and the fide Terraces^ planted 



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