Sept. 
OF GARDENING. 
GF SA ey: 
Of oc Gs Rid SoS. 
HE Confideration, of Grafs naturally fuc- 
ceeds that of Gravel.: it is another of thofe 
effential Parts of a-Garden in which we have the 
Means of exceeding all the World; and in this, 
as well as the other, the common Practice is 
very imperfect. 
As itis.a Beauty in a Gravel Walk to appear 
a little Roundnefs to prevent the Water from 
lodging. on any Part. 
In this Cafe alfo it will be proper to cut 
Water Tables on each Side; they will at once 
drain the Body of the Walk, and pare it a clean 
Edge. «- | 
 Befide Walks, we are to confider Grafs in the 
a little rounded, fo the proper Form of Grafs | Capacity of making Plats and Lawns, and thofe 
Walks is a perfect Flat. It is not always the Na- | feveral other Parts of a Garden which are to be, 
ture and Situation of the Ground -will admit of | covered with it, whether for the Softnefs and © 
this; but when it is neceffary todepart from it, the | Coolnefs of walking in the Summer, for the Con- 
Art is to conceal it from the Eye. As the proper | traft of Flowers and Plantations. 
Form of a Grafs Walk is Flatnefs, this thould | | What we have to obferve in regard to the Na- 
always be preferved in Appearancé, if it cannot ture of Grafs, is the fame with refpect of all 
be given in Reality. | thefe; we fhall therefore confider only the Form 
When the Ground is naturally dry, the Sur- and Conftruétion of the Walks firft, and after- 
face of the Grafs Walks fhould be perfectly flat; | wards the covering them with this everlafting 
but when fomewhat moift, there mutt be aliswved Carpet. 
CHAP. VI. 
of the Confbriétion of GRASS WAL K 8. 
of an Inch and half of fine Garden Mould : 
ftrewed over it. | 
Let this be again raked and brought to ahi 
seal Form, and there is then the Bed of the 
Walk made; and it is ready for the Grafs whe- 
HE Grafs Walks in a aidan Should be 
fewer in Number than the Gravel, becaufe 
they are not of fuch conftant Ufe; but for this 
very Reafon they fhould be fpacious; and there 
Should be contrived a very confiderable Part in Plats, © 
623 
Sept. 
or other Grafs Work, becaufe this green is more 
natural, and more pleafing to the Eye; and more , 
| comparable to the other. 
of the true Tafte of a Garden than the Gravel. 
There is no Error in Gardening greater than 
that of making Grafs Walks too narrow. It is 
wrong in thofe af the other Kind, becaufe it gives 
them a poor confined Look, ‘but it is doubly 
amifs in thefe; becaufe it is not only poor, but 
“unnatural, and the Grafs cannot thrive in them. 
The Compafs and Quantity of Ground to be 
allowed to this kind of Work, fhould never re- 
{train the Breadth ; for ’tis better to have a. broad | 
and fhort Walk than a long narrow one; and 
much more creditable to ne but one good one, 
than half a Dozen trifling ones. | 
- The Breadth and Length being thus marked 
out, let the Gardener confider the Nature of the 
Ground before he proceeds, that he may know 
whether they fhould be made in a perfect flat, or 
with fome rounding. Whichever kind be proper, 
Yer the Ground be laid with perfect Regularity. 
- Let him begin by paring. off the natural Sur- 
face ; and if the Walk is to be flat, let him lay | 
fit to a true Level; if to be rounded, let him in | 
the fame Manner take Care that it be done with 
Truth. The Rife mutt be very fmall, an Inch 
and half is fufficient in a Walk of five arid twenty 
Foot. 
' Places. | 
‘When the Surface is pared off, let all the Roots 
of perennial Weeds be dug out with the greateft 
Care: then let the Sapiaes be broke aia a 
Pick-axe, and raked to Shape, and the Quantity 
3 
Let this be marked by Stakes in fevéral | 
ther that be to be given by Seed or Turfing. 
The Method by Seed is eafy, but it is not 
There is great Diffi- 
culty in getting good Seed: for that from a com- 
mon Iiapftael: is by no means proper. | 
_Thofe who chufe this Method muft get the 
Seed from the Grafs of a clean up-land Pafture; 
and it muft be feattered over the Bed of the Walk 
very thick, and raked i in; levelling thé Surface to 
a Truth as before. After this it mutt be cate- 
fully weeded, and afterwards rolled in the fame 
manner as thofe made with Turf: 
This is the Method of fowing, but we tae 
'faid the other is preferable : it does the Bufinefs 
fooner, and much more perfectly: The Grafs 
from fowing rifes flow, and thin, but the other at 
once is in full Perfection. 
If thé Choice therefore be to turf the Walk. 
the Method -is the fame in preparing the Bed; 
only the Surface muft be watered before the bees 
| is laid down. 
The great Article is ie proper Choice of tie 
Turf. It fhould be fuch as is covered with 4 
very thick fhort Grafs; and is as free a8 pofiible 
from Weeds. 
Let the Gardener look over the Ground whence 
he is to take it with a careful Eye, and chufe, if 
poflible, a Spot where there 18 not the leaft Mix- 
ture of any other Growth among the ee and 
where the Grafs itfelf is thick. 
The Intent of a Grafs Walk is perfect green; 
and every Thing that interferes with the Unifor- 
All ot Weeds 
are 
mity of that Colour {pails it. 
