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thrift, others with flrawberries, and for variety, 

 fome occafionally with dailies, pinks, London- 

 pride, primrofes, violets, polyanthufes, grafs 

 Verges, &c. and in fome parts have verges of 

 grafs continued along to the walk from the 

 intervening lawns, or grafs divifions ; or in 

 fliady and wood walks under the fpread of 

 trees, and fhrubs, the edges of the borders 

 being made up firm and regular, fome may 

 be edged with wood ftrawberries, primrofes, 

 violets, fmall periwinkle, and other fmall 

 wood plant? that will grow under fhade ; or 

 where confiderably extenfive, the edges may 

 only be made up firm and eycn, and remaiij 

 in that order, or have fmall grafs verges. 



The gravel walks ihould be laid with the 

 /5nefl coloured pebbly gravel of a moderately 

 binding nature, either pit gravel, or accord- 

 ing to what the different parts of the country 

 may moft conveniently afford, that of the pit 

 gravel which is mixed with a high coloured 

 light fandy loam, is preferable both in regard 

 to colour, and for its binding property, to re- 

 main firm and agreeable for walking ; the 

 proper gravel for walks fhould abound witJj 

 fmall and moderate fized pebbles, not fcreen- 

 ed fine, efpecially for confiderable walks, 

 only the largeft rough pebbles raked out ; but 

 as fome places afford gravel confifting almoft 

 wholly of fmall pebbles without any mixture 

 of binding fand or loamy particles, in which 

 cafe it is proper to add a fmallquantity of light 

 loofe fandy loam, or fuch as will bind mode- 

 rately without clogging to the feet when wet 

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