THE SCOTS GARDENER 



turf with your foot, so as you may discern any in- 

 equality, to be helped immediately; in laying, still 

 beat every two or three rows of turf, while moist, 

 with the wooden-beater, and when the whole is laid, 

 and well beat, roll it well with the stone roller, which 

 should be as big as a hogshead. The spring and 

 autumn is the best time. And if you mind to keep 

 a good pile of grass, suffer it never to grow inch 

 long; beat, mow, and roll it often, especially in the 

 mornings and moist weather. 



But if you would lay the hard tile or brick- walkes, 

 prepare as for grass, minding it wants the breadth 

 of the brick of the true height ; for you must set 

 them all on their edge, close by one another on a 

 bed of lime, laying the side of every second row 

 crossing the ends of the other, and place one in the 

 middle of the walkes, that both sides maybe regular. 



To lay gravel, cleanse first the bottomes of the 

 walkes of fat earth, and root- weeds, and bottom it 

 with stones ; and lay over that about half a foot of 

 clean round gravel, and about three inches top- 

 gravel of equal greatness, which may be like beans 

 and pease ; you must make it thus equal by sift- 

 ing, and so rake, tred and beat ; and when com- 

 pleately levelled, beat it well with wooden-beaters, 



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