W A 



of Gravel fhould be lix or eighr, 

 which Gravel fliould be fine, but 

 yet not skreen'd, becaufe that fpoils 

 it. This fhould be laid on a Heap, 

 rounding, ib that the larger rough 

 Stones may run down on the Sides, 

 which being every now and then 

 rak'd off, the Gravel by that means 

 will be fufficiently fine. 



After the Gravel has been laid to 

 the Thickneisabovc-mention'd, then 

 the IValks rauft be rak'd true and 

 level, from all great Drips as well 

 as little Holes j by this means moil 

 of the Stones ot the tValhs will be 

 rak'd under your Feet, which fhould 

 rather be gently fprinkled back 

 again, over the laft Length tJiat is 

 rak'd, than bury'd (as is the Pra- 

 ctice of many Gardeners), for by 

 this means the l^f^'dlk will lie much 

 harder, and the coarfeft Stones will 

 very much contribute to its Firm- 

 nefs. 



There is alfo a great Fault com- 

 mitted frequently, in laying Walks 

 too round, and Ibme to that De- 

 gree, that they cannot be walk'd 

 on with that Eafe and Pleafure that 

 ought to be 5 and befiJes, this too 

 great Rounding takes off much 

 from the feeming Dreadth of the 

 Walk. 



The common Allowance for a 

 Grai'd-j^alk of five Feet Breadth, 

 is an Inch in the Crown i fo that 

 if a Walk be twenty Feet wide, 

 according to this Proportion, it will 

 be four Inches higher in the Middle 

 than on each Side 5 and a Walk of 

 twenty-five Feet, will be five Inches; 

 one of thirty Feet, iix Inches; and 

 fo on. 



When a Walk has been thus care- 

 fully laid, or rather after every 

 Length or Part of it, (which com- 

 monly is about fifteen Feet esch), 

 then it fhould be rolled well, borh 

 in length and alio crofs-ways ; The 



w A 



Perfon who rolls it fhould wear 

 Shoes with flat Heels, that he may 

 not make Holes in the M^'klks ; for 

 when they are once made inanev7 

 Walk, it. will not be eafy to roll 

 them out again. 



In order to lay Gravel-vpalks firm, 

 it will be neceflary to give them 

 three or four Water-rolhngs i that 

 is, they mufl be rolled when it 

 rains fo very faff, that the Walks 

 fwim with Water; this will caufe 

 the Gravel to bind ; fb that when 

 the M'^alks come to be dry, they will 

 be as hard as a Terrals. 



Iron-mould Gravel is accounted 

 the beft for Binding ; or Gravel 

 with a little binding Loam amongft 

 it ; which latter, tho' it be apt to 

 flick to the Heels of Shoes, in hot 

 wet Weather, yet nothing binds bet- 

 ter in dry Weather. 



When the Gravel is over fandy 

 or fliarp, Loam is frequently mix'd 

 with it, which, if they be caft to- 

 gether in Heaps, and well mixed, 

 will bind like a Rock ; whereas 

 ioofe Gravel is as uncomfortable 

 and uneaiy to walk on, as any 

 other Fault in a Walk can render 

 it. 



The beft Gravel for Walk, is 

 fuch as abounds with fmooth Peb- 

 bles (as is that dug at Black-heath)^ 

 which being mix'd v/ith a due Pro- 

 portion of Loam, will bind like a 

 Rock, and is never irtjur'd by wet 

 or dry Weather; and the Pebbles 

 being fmooth, are not fb liable to 

 be turn'd up, and loofen'd by the 

 Feet in walking, as are thofe which 

 are angular and rough ; for where 

 Walks are laid with fuch Gravel as 

 is full of irregular Stones, they 

 appear unfightiy in a Day's tim.e 

 after Rolling, becaufe the Stones 

 will rife upon the Surface when- 

 ever they are walk'd upon, but 

 the fmooth Pebbles will remain 



hand- 



