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stretched along the part you intend to plant. 

 To make your walks, (which should be of 

 gravel,) you must dig out of the earth, and this, 

 if it be good for any thing, strew on the borders, 

 to make them higher than the walks. They 

 should be shelving on each side, to enable the 

 water to run off. At the bottom of the walk, put 

 about six inches of brick rubbish, and on this 

 about six inches of gravel, throwing the coarser 

 kind at the bottom. You will observe, that the 

 drain to the walks will also serve as a drain to 

 the borders, unless your soil, as I said before, 

 be very clayey. After laying a coating of fine 

 gravel at the top, and making the walks a little 

 rounded, to allow the water to flow to the sides, 

 they should be rolled. I ought to have told 

 you before to make them wide enough to admit 

 the roller, or you will not like their appearance 

 in wet weather. I tell you much of what the 



