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They should be very slightly rounded at the 

 top, and have a water table on either side 2 

 to 3 inches deep. The flower garden described 

 by Worlidge practically consisted of three such 

 paths as the last, with flower-beds between. It 

 was to be oblong in shape, forming the centre 

 third of a square, of which the other two-thirds 

 were occupied by the kitchen gardens and 

 orchard. The flower garden was to consist of 

 a broad gravel walk, with borders of flowers, 

 with green walks beyond these borders, and 

 bonders of perennials planted between the green 

 walks and the palisades. 



London and Wise, in The Retired Gard'ner^ 

 say that in a garden of 4 acres the main path 

 parallel to the house should be at least 20 

 feet wide, the path down the centre and the 

 walks at the sides and ends 1 5 feet, and inter- 

 mediate paths 1 2 feet wide ; all alleys should 

 have a border of grass or flowers 3 feet wide 

 on either side, and they add, in a note, " We 

 generally make our alleys 2 foot broad for 

 passing, 5 foot for wheeling, and 7 foot for two 

 persons to walk abreast in." "Walks" are 

 dealt with in some detail in 77/1? Theory of 

 Gardening. The author distinguishes between 

 *' single walks," with a single row of trees or 

 a palisade on either side, and *' double walks," 

 which consisted of a broad walk in the middle, 

 with smaller walks at the sides. The side 

 walks were separated from the centre walks by 



