294^ OF A GARDEN'. 



made to cany off the water. In this case, let the 

 main drain be made under the walk, to receive 

 and carry off the water from those under the quar- 

 ters. Draining, when the soil is wet, is absolutely 

 necessary, otherwise the trees will never produce 

 good well-flavoured fruit, and your kitchen plants 

 will be much injured : the drains also under the 

 walks will keep them dry and firm, and make them 

 fit for carting and wheeling on in wet weather. 



The borders under the walls, in the inside, should 

 be from ten to twenty feet wide, according to the 

 size of the garden, to give full liberty to the roots 

 of the trees to spread. There should be a footpath 

 ijbout two feet and a half from the wall, for the 

 greater convenience of nailing the trees, gathering 

 the fruit, &c. This walk should be from two to 

 two feet and a half wide (to admit a barrow, or bar- 

 row-engine for watering the trees), and covered 

 with sand, or, which is better, coal-ashes *, about 

 two or three inches thick ; but without any gravel 

 or rubbish below. On these borders you may 

 have early or late crops, according to the aspect ; 

 but by no means plant any deep-rooting plants, 

 such as cabbages, beans, peas, &c. (except early 

 frame peas) which would be very hurtful to the 

 trees. 



* Slugs avoid coal-ash walks, especially when new-laid and 

 rough ; such walks, therefore, may be of service, as they will, 

 in some degree, obstruct the passage of slugs and snails from 

 ' one quarter to another. 



