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feet, that allowance ihould be diminilhed about one 

 third. 



When the gravel-walk is made according to the above 

 dimenfions, it will be agreeable to the, eye, and a perfon 

 can walk in any part of it with pleafure ; and there will 

 be flope enough to prevent water lodging on any part of 

 the fur face. 



As you proceed in turning or laying gravel-walks, eb- 

 ferve to tread, rake, androli.them every fifteen or twenty- 

 feet, or thereabouts. The method is this: 



V/hen ycu have advanced with the turning or laying 

 about fifteen or twenty feet from the end, let that be 

 firmly trodden all over equally; then fmooth it off with 

 th^ back of the rake, and roll it direflly ; then lay, turn, 

 or level down as much more, and tread, rake, and roll 

 that ; and Co proceed to the end of the walk, for gravel 

 never rakes nor rolls fo well as when frefii itirred, eipcci- 

 ally if it is of a loamy nature : in that cafe never level 

 down more than you can rake or roll the fame day, for fear 

 of rain happening, which would render it like mortar. 



For an account of making new gravel-walks, and of 

 the proper forts of gravel, fee the work of ^/>/ iL 



Planting Foreji-trees. 



Foreft-trees of all forts may ilill be removed, but any 

 general plantation of thefe ihould be mollly performed in 

 autumii or winter, or early in fpring; that is, anytime 

 ift open weather, from October to November, until Fe- 

 bruary. 



For the various forts of foreft- trees, fee December » 

 In planting foreft-trees for timber plantations, allow 

 them the proper dirtances for the purpofes intended ; if 

 for clofe plantations, or by way of coppices of underr- 

 wood for gradual thinning and falling for poles and . 

 other fmall purpofes, every feven, eight, or ten years, 

 &c. may plant them in ciofe rows, only four, five, or fix 

 feet dillance; and when they have attained the above- 

 mentioned growth, from the time of planting, proper for 

 the firft thinning, felecfc the handfomeft plants at regu- 

 lar diilances to Hand for timber, and thin the reft ; but 

 when defigned to have the whole ftand for a full planta- 

 tion of large ilandards before any is tinned, plant them 

 at ten or fifteen feet dillance. 



