Chap, VIL of Gardening. 6j 



Sides and Extremities with fquare Turfs laid by the Line, 

 and fow the Inner-part with Hay-feed. 



If you would not be at theExpence of laying the Edges 

 of a Grafs-plot with Turf, you muft then f>w a good deal 

 of Seed in the Track of the Out-hne, that it may be the 

 fooner and better diftinguiJh'd. As for fmall Pieces of 

 Grafs-work^ as the Knots, Shell-work, and Volutes of Par- 

 terres, Cut-work, Verges about Bafons, &c. they muft be 

 ever kid with Turf, which is much the handfomer, is more 

 neatly perform' d, and better kept. 



"^The Bank and Slope are much more difficult to cover *Fr. Talus 

 with Turf, than the Afcents, Quarters, and Flats of Grafs, ^^^^^acis,. 

 in that the Turf muft be laid fo that it does not Aide, and 

 that the Slope-line be kept without Elbows and Inequa- 

 lities. 



Banks and Slopes that are not fo confiderable, as five 

 or fix Foot high, fuch as thofe made for fmall Terralfes, and 

 the Sinkings of Bowling-greens, are the moft eafy to co- 

 ver, there being no more to be done in them, than to lay 

 on the Squares of Turf, according to the Rules I have juft 

 now deliver'd. 



You fcarce ever fow Banks and Slopes, becaufe the Grafs 

 comes not up fo well on them, as on Flat-works : How- 

 ever, if you -have a mind to fow them, you ftiould lay a 

 Verge, or Border, at the Head and at Foot, with Squares of 

 Turf, which will keep up the Earth, and hinder it from 

 Aiding ; and then fow the Middle very thick, that the Grafs 

 may not come up in Knots and Clufters. 



For great Banks and Slopes, as thofe from fifteen to 

 twenty Foot high, they require more Circumfpe(Si:ion in the 

 Method of lining them with Turf, for fear they fliould Aide. 

 Thefe are made with Beds of Earth and Watled-work, as 

 lhall be explained hereafter- ^ 



The Turf made ufe of for this Purpofe, fhould be raifed 

 in the Shape of a Wedge, and not of equal Thicknefs, 

 as that with which you cover common Quarters ; we call 

 this, * Turf with a Point or Tail. This Point which is ^ caz ■ ^ 

 left on the Lower-part, ferves to bed it in its Place, and to qume!^^ ^ 

 ieep it from ftiding. You lay this Turf along the Line, 



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