. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1892. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. I'nK (.'an'adian Hoktk ulturisi. 53 .M.\KI.\(i (;RA\ WALKS. ,HERE new walks are to be made, it is ini[Kjrtant that they should be made with due regard to their surroundings. If they are to be intended for vehicles as well as walking on, as is generally the case in the main walks in large gardens and pleasaunces, a greater depth of soil than would be necessary in the case of walks for I)edestrians, should be dug out, to admit of a greater thickness of liard material being laid in the bottom for drainage, and to
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1892. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. I'nK (.'an'adian Hoktk ulturisi. 53 .M.\KI.\(i (;RA\ WALKS. ,HERE new walks are to be made, it is ini[Kjrtant that they should be made with due regard to their surroundings. If they are to be intended for vehicles as well as walking on, as is generally the case in the main walks in large gardens and pleasaunces, a greater depth of soil than would be necessary in the case of walks for I)edestrians, should be dug out, to admit of a greater thickness of liard material being laid in the bottom for drainage, and to sustain the harder traffic. The first point to determine when making a walk, after the line of direc- tion has been decided upon, is the width that it shall be made. Main walks should be from ten to eighteen feet in width, according to the extent of the grounds,the others being from five to seven feetwide. Thisdone, due regard should be paid to the level of the ground on either side of the walk, as well as the direc tion in which it is proposed to take the surface-water. A depth of from nine to eighteen inches, will, in a general way, be ample for walks of the dimensions mentioned above, but in cases where the is shallow, and resting on a substratum of chalk, gravel or stone, all that is necessary is to remove the top- soil, and with which the ground on either side the walk can be made level, together with the filling up of any depressions that may happen to be close by. Whatever edging be used, turf, box. flints, heather, etc., it should be laid before the bottoming of the walk is proceeded with. The bottom of the walks should ' Ije deeper at the sides than in the middle, that is, it should be slightly arched or convex, so as to convey the surface-water to the sides. If the substratum be chalk, it should be well pounded all over, allowing sutificient fall (longitudinally) to the points towards which it is decided to drain the walks, providing means at each outlet to
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