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liandfome two or three Days with- 

 out Rolling. 



The Width of thefe Walks muft 

 gilways be proportion'd to their 

 Length, and the Size of the Gar- 

 den ; but fmall IValks are every 

 where diragreeable j io that if the 

 IValks were to be only two hundred 

 Feet long, 1 fliould advife 'em to 

 be made fourteen or fifteen Feet 

 wide i for it is much better to have 

 but few IValks in a Garden, and 

 thole to be fpacious, than to make 

 many fmall Walks, as is often prac- 

 tifed. 



Grafs-voalks in a Garden are both 

 ornamental and delightful, in Sum- 

 mer time and dry Weather. 



Theie may be made either by 

 laying them with Turf, or fowing 

 them with Hay-feed, and raking 

 them fine and level, which, with 

 keeping them well rolled, and fre- 

 quently mow'd, will make the Grafs 

 fine. 



Thefe may be laid a little round- 

 ing, to caft off the Water the better, 

 but the Slope mufl not be fo great 

 as to be difcover'd v/ith the Eye: 

 About a fourth Part of the round- 

 nefs allow'd for Gravel-walks, will 

 be fufficient for thefe, if in wet 

 Ground, but if the Ground be dry, 

 it is the beft Way to lay 'em quite 

 level. 



Sometimes there arc Water-tables 

 on each Side of thefe Walks, which 

 are very good for draining them, 

 and alio for keeping the Grafs and 

 Weeds from mixing with the Bor- 

 ders} and belides, thcie Water-tables 

 render the Walks the handlbmcr, and 

 appear the more beautiful. 



Thefe Water-tables ought to be 

 new cut once or twice a Year, 

 and this ought to be done by a 

 ftrait Line, as exa£lly as poflible. 



The ottener thefe IValks are 

 mowed and rolled in Summer, the 



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thicker their Bottoms will be ; and 

 in Autumn the Grafs fliould be 

 kept very fhort, and well rolled, 

 for if it be permitted to grow 

 pretty long at this Seafon, the Blade 

 will decay in Winter, and greatly 

 injure their Roots. The Worm- 

 cafts muft alfo be beat to Pieces 

 with a long Afh-Pole, and fo fpread 

 over the Grafs; this the Gardeners 

 call Foiling of a Walk, which h 

 done by brufliing the Surface of the 

 Ground flrongly with a fiend er 

 Pole; the oftener this is repeated 

 the better it is for the Grafs, befidcs, 

 it will deflroy the Worm-cafls, and 

 render the Walks more beautiful. 



WALL-FLOWER ; -vide Leu* 

 cojum. 



WALNUT ; vide Nux juglans. 



WATER, is one of the niofi; con- 

 fiderable Requilites belonging to a 

 Garden j if a Garden be without it, 

 it brings a certain Mortality upon 

 whatfoevcr is planted. By Water- 

 ings the great Droughts in Summer 

 are allay'd, which would intallibly 

 burn up moft Plants, had wc not 

 the Help of F/ater to qualify the 

 exceffive Heats : befides, as to noble 

 Seats, the Beauty that Water will 

 add, in making Jet d' Eaux, Ca- 

 nals, and Cafcades, which are 

 fome of the nobleft Ornaments of 

 a Garden. 



WILDERNESSES, if rightly 

 fituated, artfully contrived, and ju- 

 dicioufly planted, are the greatefl 

 Ornaments to a fine Garden : But 

 it is rare to fee thefe fo well exe- 

 cuted in Gardens, as to afford the 

 Owner due Pieafure, (efpecially if 

 he is a Perfon of an elegant Tafte) 

 for either they are fo fituated as to 

 hinder a diflant Profped, or elfe 

 are not judicioufly planted : The 

 latter of which is fcarce ever to be 

 found in any of our mofl magni- 

 ficent Gardens, very fev/ of their 



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