PAVING AND ITS USES iii 



colour — a deep and quiet red — is not discordant 

 among the bright and mingled tints of Nature. A 

 very durable but rather expensive form of paving 

 can be made of roofing tiles set on edge in cement ; 

 these tiles are useful when mingled with brick or 

 stone, and they can be easily formed into simple 

 geometric figures — much as the Romans used to 

 employ their tiles to reinforce their concrete. 

 They lend themselves to any shape, and are par- 

 ticularly effective when they are made to describe 

 circles or to trace a variety of curved outlines. 



Stone paving may be laid with roughly squared 

 flags or with broken stone of irregular shapes pieced 

 together like a puzzle. The surroundings will 

 generally give the key to the form which may 

 best be employed. The squared stone looks more 

 in keeping with strictly architectural features or 

 in paths across a level lawn, the random type 

 being best in irregular areas or within less severe 

 boundaries. When squared stone is used it is as 

 well to break joint as much as possible ; but if some 

 joints are to follow through — i.e. when several 

 stones adjoin one another with their edges in a 

 direct line — let these joints be at right angles to 



