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with walks. The best figure is a square, or ob- 

 long, when the garden is of that form ; but if not, 

 they may be laid out in -any other figure that is 

 thought to be most convenient. 



The middle walks should be about seven feet, 

 which is wide enough to admit a cart ; and the 

 others about three or four feet broad ; with a bor- 

 der on each side, five or six feet wide, at least, be- 

 tween the walk and the fruit-trees. Walks in kit- 

 chen-gardens are generally gravelled, and but sel- 

 dom laid with turf, as the frequent wheeling and 

 treading soon destroys the grass and renders them 

 very unsightly : but a binding sand makes good 

 walks, and they are easily kept ; for when moss or 

 weeds begin to grow, they may be cleaned with a 

 horse-hoe, or scufFeled over with a Dutch-hoe, in 

 dry weather, and raked a day or two after, by 

 which they will be made always to look neat and 

 clean. I, however, give the preference to sea-coal 

 ashes, which in my opinion make the best walks for 

 a kitchen-garden, and they are easier kept than any 

 other, being firm and dry, and cleaner to walk on 

 than sand, especially after frost. 



The bottoms of the walks should be filled up 

 with brick rubbish, chippings of stones, or gravel 

 and stones ; those raked off the quarters will do 

 very well, and by using them you will save car- 

 riage. 



If the soil be stiff and wet, or subject to detain 

 the moisture, there must be under-ground drains 



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