4 INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS 



hes thick, or more, both to preferve th» 

 '. ! ying, and to render the water clear — -and 

 the adjacent ground gradually floped to the 

 water, and generally laid down in grafs. 



In the general plan commonly allot gravel 

 walks -for principal walking at ail feafons, 

 extending in the order above intimated to all 

 parts of the ground, and with open lawns of 

 grafs to admit of profped from the habita- 

 tion, Sec. and other grafs divifions continued 

 from the lawn between the boundary fhrub- 

 bery clumps, both for dividing or feparating 

 thcie compartments, more or lefs, as well as 

 to difplay greater diverfity in the plan, and 

 for occafional walking in Summer, ccc. in dry 

 weather, and in the diiFerent compartments 

 for flowers, fhrubbery and other clofe 

 plantations have the ground generally digged^ 

 and remain for digging occafionally j but 

 where fpacious walks, and groves of llatejy 

 trees are deiigned, the ground fhouid com- 

 monly be laid down in grafs. 



The grafs divifions in lawns, walks, Sec. may 

 be formed either by laying the ground with 

 grafs turf cut from a c'ofe-paflured common, 

 or other grafs premifes where the grafs ii fine, 

 ibort, and the furface clofe and even ; or ex- 

 tenfive lawns, &c. too confiderable for turf- 

 ing, may be fowed with grafs feed faved from 

 fome fineft clean hay, that the compartments 

 ©f erafs ground may form a fine, clean and 

 clofe fward accordingly. 



The principal borders and llirubbery com- 

 partments immediately adjoining the gravel 

 v/ulks may be edged, fome with box and 



thrifty 



