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tittle after hard Rain?, which will 

 render them unfit for Ufe, efpecially 

 where the Ground is naturally wet or 

 itroog : but where the Ground is 

 level, and there are no Declivities to 

 carry off the Wet, it will be proper 

 to have Sink-Hones laid by the Sides 

 of the Walks, at convenient Di- 

 ftances, to let off the Wet; and 

 where the Ground is naturally dry, 

 that the Water will foon foak away, 

 the Drains from the Sink Hones may 

 be contrived fo as to convey tbcWa- 

 tcr in Seffpooh, from which theWa- 

 ter will foak away in a Inert time : 

 but in wet Land, there mould be un- 

 der-ground Drains, to convey the 

 Wet off, either into Ponds, Ditches, 

 or the neareft Place to receive it ; for 

 where this is not well provided for, 

 theWalks will never be lb handfome, 

 or ufeful. 



The Month of March is the pro- 

 percit Time for laying Gravel : it is 

 not prudent to do it fooner, or to 

 lay Walks in any of the Winter- 

 months before that time. 



Some indeed turn up Gravel-walks 

 in Ridges in December, in order to 

 kill the Weeds : but this is very 

 wrong ; for befides that it deprives 

 them of the Benefit of the-m all the 

 Winter, it does not anfwer the End 

 for which it is done, but rather the 

 contrary ; for tho' it does kill the 

 Weeds for the prefent, yet it adds a 

 Fertility to them, as to the great 

 future Increase of both them and 

 Grafs. 



If conftant roiling them after the 

 Rains ard Froll will not effectually 

 kill theWeeds and Mofs, you fhould 

 turn the Walks in ALrcb, and lay 

 them down at the fame time. 



In order to deilroy Worms that 

 fpoil the Beauty of Gravel or Grafs- 

 walks, feme recommend the warn- 

 ing them well wit!) Water, in which 

 Walnut-tiee -leaves have been lteep- 



ed, and made very bitter, efpecidl/ 

 thofePiaces moil annoyed with them ; 

 and this, they fay, as foon as it 

 reaches them, will make them come 

 out hailily, fa that they may be ga- 

 thered : but if, in the firlt laying of 

 the Walks, -there is a <_ood Bed of 

 Lime-rubbifh laid in the Bottom, it 

 is the mod effectual Method to keep 

 out the Worm> ; for they don't care 

 to harbour near Lime. 



GREEN HOUSE, or Conferva- 

 tory. 



As of late Years there have been 

 great Quantities of curious Exotic 

 Plants introduced into the Englijb 

 Gardens, fo the Number of Green- 

 houfes or Conlervatories has in- 

 crcafed ; and not only a greater Skill 

 in the Management and Ordering of 

 thefe Plants has increafed therewith, 

 but alfo a greater Knovvlege of the 

 Structure and Contrivance of thefe 

 Places, fo as to render them both 

 ufeful and ornamental, hath been 

 acquired : and fince there are many 

 Particulars to be obferved in the 

 Conftru&ion of thefe Houfts, where- 

 by the-y will be greatly improv'd, I 

 thought it neceffary not only to give 

 the bell: Inftruclions for this I was- 1 

 capable of, but alfo to give a Defign 

 of one in the manner I cnooi'e to erect 

 it, upon the annexed Copper-plate. . 



As to the Length of thefe Houfes, 

 that mult be proportion^ to theNum- 

 ber of Plants they are to contain, or 

 the Fancy of the Owner ; but their 

 Depth lhould never be greater than 

 their Height in the Clear ; which in 

 fniall or middling Houles mfey be fix- 

 teen or eighteen Feet ; but for large 

 ones, from twenty to twenty-four 

 Feet, is a good Proportion ; for if 

 tiie Green-houfe is long, and too nar- 

 row, it will have a bad Appearance 

 both within and without; nor will it 

 contain fo many Plants, if proper 

 room be allowed for palling in Front, 



