THE SCOTS GARDENER 



banks, but only to the proportion and uniformity. 

 If it tend all one way, high at one end, and low at 

 the other, then it is proper enough for perpendicular 

 walkes that front the house ; but if low in the middle, 

 and high at both ends, or low at both ends and 

 high in the middle, then more proper for parallel 

 walkes (whose extremities are equi-distant from 

 the central line of the house) : remember to divide 

 and slop these equally. 



This minds me of some abuses which I have seen, 

 as a plot of sloping levelled ground, with another 

 horizontally levelled lying at the foot thereof, (at 

 least not under one slop) ; or horizontal walkes and 

 bordureslyingby the foot and head of sloping plots ; 

 these are unseemly ; for you should always make 

 them slop under the same denomination, except 

 in steep and high banks : I have made walkes of 

 eighteen foot broad slop eighteen inches from one 

 side to the other, because the whole plot sloped the 

 same way, so much proportionally ; yet to the eye 

 it appeared very pleasant. But where such hori- 

 zontal and sloping pieces lye contiguous, the defect 

 is easily seen ; therefore if you be necessitate to 

 lay some plots so, (albeit I know no reason for 

 laying walkes so), make rather a hedge to inter- 



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