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formity to the Walk, and a Torment to the Gar- 
dener: and that all his Cleanlinefs will not keep 
this Walk of a good Colour, unlefs fome Preven- 
tion be ufed againft Worms. ‘The Weeds of 
the worft Kinds will be prevented by a good 
Bottom ;.and the Worms entirely. « 
Therefore the Space of the Walk being cleared, 
Jet him bring in a Quantity of Lime Rubbifh, fo 
much as will cover it five Inches ; and fpread this 
even. Upon this let him throw on the Gravel in 
fuch Quantity as will cover it, when tegularly 
{pread a Foot deep. 
Lefs than this will do, and thofe who grudge 
‘the firft Expence, may content themfelves with 
about eight Inches; buit ’tis beft to lay on enough 
at once, and a Walk thus bottom’d and thus 
covered, will not be liable to any of the common 
Accidents, but will keep good for a Perfon’s § Life, 
with the common Care. ~ 
With Regard to the F orm of Walks we. are, 
as on all other Occafions, running from one Ex- 
treme to another, equal faulty. 
Our Fathers, not confidering the Difcharge. of | 
Water, laid their Walks of Gravel. flat, and as 
the principal Track of Feet was in the middle, 
they foon became loweft in that Part: the Con- 
fequence was, that every Shower of Rain made. a 
Puddle along the middle of the Walk. 
This they contrived to remedy i in avery aukward 
and expentive Manner, | by opening Drains under- 
neath, and giving Vent by Stones pierced with 
Holes at eight | or ten Foot Diftance. 
It foon after came into their Thoughts. to 
fupply the Place of this ill- -looking and. charge- 
‘able Contrivance, by rounding the Walks ; and 
this is, where kept in due “Bounds, the true 
» Method : but we now exceed thofe Bounds, and 
deftroy “the very Intent and Purpofe of our 
Walks, by laying them fo high in the middle, 
that a Perfon can walk upon no Part of them 
without Pain. — 
A fiat Surface is the natural F orm al Bath ob 
which the Foot fhould tread; and on the other 
hand every Walk ought to be a Segment of a 
ane or otherwife the Water will lodge upon 
: but to accommodate this to its Ute, at the 
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upon than one ‘that is perfectly flat: 
| famie Time that it is kept dry the Sweep muft be 
very little. 
We fee an Inftahce of the bad Pridics ue 
rounding the Walks too much in fome of the 
publick Places of Refort : 
tinuing damp feveral Evenin gs after Rain, have 
laid ‘hem fo high rounded, that no Wet can 
lodge upon them. They dre never damp, 
but the Feet are put in Pain every Step, and 
|. the, Ancles ftrained with walking upon them. 
Thefe Extreams let the judicious Gardener 
equally avoid. The Rife in the middle fhould 
be fuch that the Eye may juft perceive it, and 
the Feet not. perceive it at all. A Walk with 
a little Rounding is more agreeable to look 
but any 
thing more than this. is offenfive; it gives a 
Narrowhefs, and an unnatural Shape. The Eye 
is a Judge of what is fit for walking before the 
| Feet are brotght upon it, and nothing looks 
well that ig not filited to its Ute. 
In a Gravel Walk; of twenty-five Foot broad! 
let the Gardener allow a Rife in the middle of 
five Inches, and in the fame Proportion whatever 
be the Breadth of the Walk. He will perceive 
that this is eafily reduced to Meafure, for it is 
the Allowance of oné Inch to every four Foot, 
and this fhould be the Proportion as well ina 
four Foot Walk as a forty Foot. It is fufficient 
to relieve the Eye from the Fatigue of looking 
upon an abfolute Flat, and it ‘anfweis' the Pur- 
pole of throwing off the Rain: this is all the 
Benefit expected from the rouinding of Walks ; 
| and the Proportion we have named, at the fame 
Time that it gives this, 1s not in the leaft 
troublefome to the Feet. 
_ The beft Time for making Gravel Walks 
is in Spring, fo that all the Gardener can do 
now, is to matk out their Places, pate off thé 
Surface fo fat as neceffaty for laying the Bot- — 
‘toth, and fix upon his Spot of Gravel. 
It will be 
fit alfo, if in Time he fee that Lime Rubbifh 
fhall not be wanting; for in the thaking 4 
large Garden, there will be rio fmall Quantity 
requited for the Bottorns of the fevéral Walks: 
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. Of making and keeping the WALKS. 
™ HE Gardener, having every Thing in Readi- 
a. nefs, is to begin this Work of making the 
‘Walks at the latter End of February. The Height 
of the feveral Parts muft be marked by Stakes, 
and thefe fhould be fixed even before he be- 
gins to throw in the Rubbifh ; it is thus every 
Thing will be conducted with Regularity. 
Let the Rubbifh be thrown in Heaps at {mall 
Diftances, proportioned to the Thicknef$ it is to 
lie, and then be fpread and laid in the famé round- 
a als oS I 
ing Form that che Gravel is to iid at laft « 
but not rolled : the Walk in Rubbifh muft 
be of the fame Form that it is to have entire 3 
but if it be rolled, as forhe People practife, the 
Gravel does not blend with ic. Thete will be 
in that Cafe a Bed of Gravel upon a Bed of Lime, 
but the Intent is; that they fhould unite and form 
‘one Mafs. 
The Gtavel muft be thtowh on as foon as the 
Rubbifh is fpread, and it muft be fpread in the 
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the Proprietors, finding ~ 
-how much they _ loft by their Walks con- 
