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in these particulars, we would venture to suggest that, in planning 
and laying out grounds, if they will consult ‘‘rum Gunrus oF THE 
Pace,” and act in accordance with such suggestions as she may 
point out, they no doubt will be enabled to effect this object to the 
mutual satisfaction of themselves and their critical friends. 
There are, however, two evils under this head to which we 
would invite the particular attention of the Amateur, and which 
should be carefully guarded against, viz: 
1. In laying off your walks, you cannot be too careful in regard 
to their width. No walk should be less than two and a half feet 
wide; for, when contracted, it may prove the death of some favor- 
ite plant and be the means of ruining the dress of some lady 
friend. If the ground can be spared, sufficient width should be 
given to permit the ingress and egress of a wheel-barrow. 
2. In order to maintain the uniformity, as well as the durability 
of garden-walks, it is essentially requisite that a proper drainage 
should be secured. One inch fall in three feet will be found gen- 
erally sufficient for this purpose. Where grounds have a greater 
declivity, not only the walks, but the beds, are likely to wash, 
which injures the general appearance of the garden. One inch to 
the foot, from the centre to the edge, will give a form sufficiently 
rounding for all practical or ornamental purposes in a walk of four 
feet wide. In walks of greater width, less fall is advisable and 
will serve the purpose. 
GRAVEL-WALKS. 
The bottom should be made with lime-rubbish, pieces of bricks, 
stones, coal-ashes, or any other hard substance, from four to six 
inches thick, to keep weeds or grass from growing through. 
Over this fine gravel should be laid from three to four inches 
deep. This should be laid rounding up in the middle, by which 
means the larger stones will run off to the sides and may be raked 
away. It is a common mistake to lay the walks too rounding, 
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