. The book of garden management : Comprising information on laying out and planting Gardening -- Great Britain. no GARDEN MANAGEMENT. for walks ; but the mode of its application, and the functions it perfonns, are in both oases alike. A good walk may be formed of concrete, consisting of 6 parts of coarse gi'avel and 1 of lime, 4 inches deep, with an inch of fine- sifted gravel sprinkled over and well rolled into the top ; and 6 or 7 inches deep, including gravel, will be a good average for walks formed of stones, &;c. In the ordinary way. Perfect dryness is even of more importan
. The book of garden management : Comprising information on laying out and planting Gardening -- Great Britain. no GARDEN MANAGEMENT. for walks ; but the mode of its application, and the functions it perfonns, are in both oases alike. A good walk may be formed of concrete, consisting of 6 parts of coarse gi'avel and 1 of lime, 4 inches deep, with an inch of fine- sifted gravel sprinkled over and well rolled into the top ; and 6 or 7 inches deep, including gravel, will be a good average for walks formed of stones, &;c. In the ordinary way. Perfect dryness is even of more importance upon walks than roads, as they should be clean and compara- ^â vCxT^TT^Z^^^^^^^ lively impenetrable in all weathers and at aU seasons. Although some recommend walks to be sunk below, and others raised above, the general ,'n^ level, as here shown, yet walks generally look best on a level with the surface: they must be sunk half an inch at the edge, to leave this height of verge, which ought never to be exceeded in pleasure-ground walks. Walks themselves should also be nearly level, half an inch being sufficient convexity for a lO-feet walk. The wider the walk the smaller is the permissible rise in the centre, as nothing detracts more from the appearance of a gravel walk, of say 15 or 20 feet, than variations in the level of its surface. A 6-feet walk, with 2 5 or 3 inches rise in the centre, would not be so offensive to the eye as the same amount of convexity in a walk 15 feet wide ; all broad terraces and promenades should therefore be perfectly level; and if the removal of water renders a fall necessary, it should be so sUght as to be imperceptible to the eye. For similar reasons, gratings are hardly ever admissible on such walks ; rough stones, or i-ubble connected with underground drains, cropping out to within a few inches of the surface, being used instead for the removal of surface-water. The longer and wider a walk of this description is, the more offensive to good t
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