WATER— WALKS 



hard usage to keep turf in good condition. 

 Graveled walks should be dug out a foot or 

 more in depth, filled in with broken stone, 

 this covered well with coarse gravel, and 

 finished with a coating of a couple of inches 

 of whatever fine gravel is chosen. A walk 

 thus made will be dry and well drained 

 and weeds have little chance to grow. 



The most beautiful walks of all are those 

 of grass. Strange to say, they are seldom 

 seen in this country. Through any garden, 

 some little distance from the house, where 

 they will be walked on only by those going 

 to the garden, the turf-walks, with ordinary 

 care, will last well, require only the usual 

 cutting with the lawn-mower, and, especially 

 if edged with Box, should be the very pride 

 and joy of the possessor's heart. 



The ground for such walks should be spaded 

 deeply with plenty of manure, raked care- 

 fully and made very smooth. Prepare in 

 September, and by the fifteenth or twen- 

 tieth sow, very thickly, a mixture of one- 



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