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dVeffed, or fed with Sheep, it will 

 rarely continue handfome more than 

 eight or ten Years. 



GRAVEL and Grafs are natural- 

 ly Ornaments to a Country-feat, and 

 are the Glory of the Englijb Gardens, 

 and Things by which we excel all 

 other Nations, as Trance, Holland, 

 Flanders, &C. 



There are different Sorts of Gra- 

 Vel j but, for thofe who can con- 

 veniently have it, I approve of that 

 Gravel on Black-heath, as preferable 

 to moft that we have in England ; it 

 confuting of fmooth even Pebbles, 

 which, when mixed with a due Quan- 

 tity of Loam, will bind exceeding 

 clofe, and look very beautiful, and 

 continue handfome longer than any 

 Dther Sort of Gravel, which I have 

 yet feen. 



Some recommend a Sort of Iron- 

 mould Gravel, or Gravel with a lit- 

 tle binding Loam amongft it, than 

 ivhich nothing., they fay, binds bet- 

 ter when it is dry : but in wet Wea- 

 ker it is apt to itick to the Heels of 

 me's Shoes, and will never appear 

 landfome. 



Sometimes Loam is mixed with 

 travel that is over-fandy or (harp, 

 vhich muft be very well blended to- 

 gether, and let lie in Heaps ; after 

 vhich it will bind like a Rock. 



There are many Kinds of Gravel 

 vhich do not bind, and thereby 

 :aufe a continual Trouble of rolling 



little or no Purpofe : as forfuch, 

 If the Gravel be Joofe or fandy, 



ou mould take one Load of ftrong 

 .oam, and two of Gravel, and lb 

 aft them well together. 



1 There are many different Opinions 

 'bout the Choice of Gravel: fome 

 're for having the Gravel as white as 

 Jofiible ; and in order to make the 

 walks more fo, they roll them well 

 Kth Stone-rollers, which are often 

 rewn by the Mafons, that they may 



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add a Whitenefs to the Walks : but 

 this renders it very troublefome to 

 the Eyes, by reflecting the Rays of 

 Light fo ftrongly; therefore this 

 mould ever be avoided ; and fuch 

 Gravel as will lie fmooth, and re- 

 flect the leaft, Ihould be preferred. 



Some fcreen the Gravel too fine ; 

 which is an Error : for if it be call 

 into a round Heap, and the great 

 Stones only raked off, it will be the 

 better. 



Some are apt to lay Gravel-walks 

 too round ; but this is likevvife an 

 Error, becaufe they are not fo good 

 to walk upon, and> bendes, it makes 

 them look narrow : one Inch is 

 enough in a Crown of five Feet ; and 

 it will be fufheient, if a Walk be tea 

 Feet wide, that it lies two Inches 

 higher in the Middle than it does on 

 each Side ; if fifteen Feet, three 

 Inches ; if twenty Feet, four ; and 

 fo in proportion to thirty Feet; 

 which is wider than any Walk in a 

 Garden ought to be made. 



For the Depth of Gravel-walks, 

 fix or eight Inches may do well 

 enough ; but a Foot Thickncfs will 

 be iumcient for any ; but then there 

 ihould always be a Depth of Rub- 

 bifh laid under the Gravel, efpecially 

 if the Ground is wet; in which Cafe 

 there cannot be too much Care to fill 

 the Bottom of the Walks with large 

 Stones, Flints, Brick-rubbilh, or any 

 other Materials, which can be belt 

 procured ; which will drain off the 

 Moifture from the Gravel, and pre- 

 vent its being poachy in wet VVea- 

 ther. 



In the making of Gravel- walk?, 

 there muft be.great regard had to the* 

 Level of the Ground, fo as to lay 

 the Walks with eafy Defcents toward 

 the low Parts of the Ground, that 

 the Wet may be drained offeafUy; for 

 when this is omitted, the Water will 

 He upon die Walks a conJiderable 

 O o 2 time 



