Smooth-edged red sandstone flags] make more orderly paths than do the Bernhard and their two-year-old ut for a walk. al Irregular _timestones. They have a Drecise appearance and so are better 'Adapted to the format garden. They' may be used in the same Ways the others, Still a third type of stone path may' bbe made of straight-edged cast squares of cement blocks ike any sidewalk. Such a walk is practical, but not always attractive Gaily, coloured pebbles, held placed' by various devices, are often fused. These, if the colour is eared fully chosen, may add much tothe beauty of the garden. Ordinary pebbles, crushed stone, sand or gravel Is} used in the same way.
'To make any of these salistactory, a trench at least eight linches deep is made in the soil, layer of cinders of ashes laid in' it for drainage. the chosen border set along the edges and then the surface] material placed between and pounded down. a "The most interesting stone paths lof all perhaps are natural ones where the garden is laid out on a great rock foundation. the beds" built up by edgings cemented together, and the deeper hollow pockets in the stone made into pools.
The Use of Bricks Where stones are not available, bricks make the finest paths. There are several ways of using them. No matter how laid, bricks. are' more precise than stones can ever be. Brick paths usually' have straight edges, but the path itself may be curving or winding in direction, The brick may laid on side, fat face, narrow edge Jor in block design like a checkerboard. Bricks, too, often form the bindings for sand, cinder, pebble, ashes. grass of hard-packed dirt paths. They are then Laid on end, om their sides, ilot down oF tilted on one corner, givin a Tickrack design to the border Bricks placed crosswise side by side make narrow paths which scarcely Take Care of Your Complexion and Hair While on Holiday Fruit juice Cocktails Beneficial: Dry or Greasy
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