llie Walk mould be allow'd a Border 

 three or four Feet wide between the 

 Efpalierand the Walk, whereby the 

 Diftance between theEfpalicrs will be 

 greater, and the Borders being kept 

 conftantly work'd and manur'd, will 

 be of great Advantage to the Roots 

 of the Trees ; and in thefe Borders 

 may be fovvn fome fmall Sal lad, or 

 any other Herbs, which do not con- 

 tinue long, or root deep ; lo that the 

 Ground will not be loll. 



The Breadth of thefe middle 

 Walks, which I have here affigned 

 them, may by many Perions be 

 thought too great ; but my Reafon 

 for this is to allow proper room be- 

 tween the Efpaliers, that they may 

 not (hade each other, or their Ro«ts 

 interfere, and rob each other of their 

 Nourilhment : but where the Walks 

 are not required of this Breadth, it 

 is only inlarging of the Borders on 

 each Side, and ib reducing the Walks 

 to the Breadth dcfirfd. * 



But the Walks of thefe Gardens 

 fhould not be gravell'd ; for as there 

 will conitantly be Occafion to wheel 

 Manure, Water, cjfr. upon them, 

 they would foon be defae'd, and ren- 

 der'd unfightly ; nor fhould they be 

 laid with Turf ; for in green Walks, 

 when they are wheeled upon, or 

 much trodden, the Turf is foon de- 

 ftroyed ; and thofe Places, where 

 they are much ufed, become very 

 unfightly alfo: therefore the belt 

 Walks for a Kitchen - garden are 

 thofe which are laid with a binding 

 Sand ; but where the Soil is ftrong, 

 and apt to detain the Wet, there 

 fhould be fome narrow under-ground 

 Drains made by the Side of the 

 Walk?, to convey off the Wet ; 

 otherwife there w:ll be no ufing of 

 the Walks in bad Weather : and 

 where the Ground is wet, if fome 

 £ime-rubbim, Flints, Chalk, or any 



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fuch Material as can be procured 

 with the leaft Expence, is laid at the 

 Bottom of thefe Walks, and the 

 Coat of Sand laid over it, the Sand 

 will be kept drier, and the Walks 

 will be found in all Seafons : thefe 

 Sand-walks are by much the eafieft 

 kept of any ; for when either Weeds 

 or Mofs begin to grow, it is but 

 fcuffling them over with a Dutch 

 Hoe in dry Weather, and raking 

 them over a Day or two after, and 

 they will be as clean as when firft 

 laid. 



The bell Figure for the Quarters 

 to be difpofed into, is a Square, or 

 an Oblong, where the Ground is 

 adapted to fuch a Figure; otherwife 

 they may be triangular, or of any 

 other Shape, which will be moll ad- 

 vantageous to the Ground. 



When the Garden is laid ont in- 

 the Shape intended, if the Soil is 

 ftrong, and fubject to derain the 

 Moifture, or is naturally wet, there 

 Ihould always be under - ground 

 Drains made, to convey off the Wet 

 from every Quarter of the Garden : 

 for otherwife moll Sorts of Kitchen- 

 plants will fuffer greatly by Moifture 

 in Winter : and if the Roots of the 

 Fruit - trees get into the Wet, they 

 will never produce good Fruit; fo 

 that there cannot be too much care 

 taken to let off all fuperfluous Moift- 

 ure from the Kitchen -garden. 



Thef,' Quarters mould be con- 

 ftantly kept clear from Weeds; and 

 when any Part of the Ground is un- 

 occupied, it mould always be trench? 

 ed up into Ridges, that it may 

 fweeten, and imbibe the nitrous Par- 

 ticles of the Air, which is of great 

 Advantage to all Sorts of Land ; and 

 the Ground will then be ready to, 

 lay down, whenever it is wanted. 



The Ground in thefe Quarters 

 mould not be fown or planned with 



