II. ENCLOSING, LAYING OUT. 



and, with a little topping and side-pruning, carefully per- 

 formed, they will, in about five years after being planted, 

 form a very beautiful and effectual fence. Neither of the 

 thorns is raised much more quickly ; and certainly there 

 is no comparison for such a purpose between an ever- 

 green and a deciduous tree. And, there is this further 

 advantage with regard to the holly, that it will nourish in 

 any soil, from the dryest and most arid bank, to the 

 wettest and sourest clay j and as to duration, as a plant, 

 nothing but the yew-tree equals the holly. 



LAYING-OUT. 



35. HAVING now given instructions relative to the 

 Situation, the Soil, Form, and Extent, and the Enclosing 

 of the garden, there remains to speak, in this Chapter, 

 only of the laying of it out into plats, borders, paths, 

 and walks. A judicious distribution of the ground is a 

 great matter j for, if any part of it be awkward to get at, 

 great additional labour is occasioned ; and, if there be 

 not the proper quantity of paths and walks, there must 

 be great trampling of the ground, and very great incon- 

 veniences of various sorts. The outer garden, that is to 

 say, the garden between the hedge and the wall, will not 

 require much attention in the making of paths : the 

 whole of it will be land pretty constantly under cultiva- 

 tion, to within about four or five feet of the wall j and a 

 path there, that is to say, at that distance from the wall, 

 trodden out upon the common ground, and just sufficient 

 to pass along for the purpose of managing the tree* 

 which are against the wall, will be sufficient. 



