4d AMERICAN GARDENER. 



must be dug out. The way is to take out the 

 earth about four inches deep, and spread it over 

 the adjoining ground, some on each side of the 

 walk or path, taking care to fling, or carry, the 

 earth, so dug out, to such a distance, that every 

 part of the ground, which is not walk or path, 

 receive an equal proportion of what is thus dug 

 out. Gravel may be put in the walks and paths : 

 it makes the whole look neater ; but, in a country 

 where the frost is so hard in winter and the 

 ground so dry in summer, gravel can hardly be 

 said to be necessary, while it may be trouble- 

 some ; for, in spite of all you can do, a part of 

 it will get into the borders ; and, there it must 

 do harm. 



62. It will be seen, that about a third part of 

 the Garden is appropriated to Fruit trees. The 

 reason for this, and the uses of the other parts of 

 the ground, will be fully stated in the Chapters on 

 Cultivation. I have here treated merely of the 

 form and the dimensions, and of the division, of 

 the Garden. It is in treating of the cultivation 

 of the several sorts of plants that our attention 

 will be brought back to a close contemplation of 

 the several parts included in this division. 



