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been marked out on paper, or, better still, on a 

 carefully considered map. There is now so much 

 to do that one is almost bewildered ; and the old 

 saying, " Rome was not built in a day," is a good 

 thing to remember. An orderly succession of 

 labor will bring beauty and comfort in good time, 

 especially if essential or foundation labors are first 

 well performed. Few things will prove more sat- 

 isfactory than dry, hard, smooth carriage-roads 

 and walks. These, with their curves, can be care- 

 fully staked out, the surface-earth between the 

 stakes to the depth of four or five inches carted 

 to the rear of the place near the stable, or the 

 place where the stable is to be. Of the value of 

 this surface-soil we shall speak presently, and will 

 merely remark in passing that it is amply worth the 

 trouble of saving. Its removal leaves the beds of 

 the drive-way and 'walks depressed several inches 

 below the surrounding surface. Fill these shallow 

 excavations with little stones, the larger in the 

 bottom, the smaller on top, and cover all with 

 gravel. You now have roads and walks that will 

 be dry and hard even in oozy March, and you can 

 stroll about your place the moment the heaviest 

 shower is over. The greater first cost will be more 

 than made good by the fact that scarcely a weed 

 can start or grow on pathways thus treated. All 

 they will need is an occasional rounding up and 

 smoothing with a rake. 



