44 How to Lay Out 



This will remove the effect of the walk dividing the lawn and 

 reduce the maintenance to a mininmm. Stepping stones are 

 made by using slabs of stone or flat boulders set into the lawn 

 flush with the surrounding surface. A good distance apart 

 for the stones for convenient walking is 22 inches on centres. 

 If settlements should take place on the lawn about each stone, 

 it is a very easy matter to raise or lower them to conform to 

 the surface. If they are kept at the proper elevation a lawn 

 mower will pass over and cut the grass without the need of 

 using shears along the edges as is often used in other kinds of 

 walks. See Plates III and XIII. 



A clean yet more expensive method is to build the walk of 

 brick. A good foundation should be made to avoid settle- 

 ments. If the work is properly done there will be no repairs. 

 The bricks can be laid herringbone fashion, lengthwise, cross- 

 wise of the walk, or in various patterns. A little curb edge 

 may be formed along the side of the walk by elevating a brick 

 on its side about an inch above the general surface and the 

 earth filled flush with the top. The color of the brick should 

 harmonize with the building and its surroundings. Yellow 

 brick should be avoided, red is the most pleasing color to use. 

 See Plate XIX. 



The use of artificial stone, often called granolithic, makes a 

 good but more expensive walk. The foundation for this kind 

 of walk must be thoroughly made and good under drainage 

 provided to avoid disturbance by the action of frost. It may 

 be necessary to remove poor or clayey soil to a depth of 3 feet 

 and the space filled with dry gravel, broken stone, or boiler 

 cinders; the depth will vary to suit the locality. See Plate XV. 



The walk is then divided into sections varying from 3 to 6 

 f(>et square 1)}' the use of strips of wood nailed to stakes driven 

 mto the ground. If settlement takes place, each block will sepa- 

 i-ate as a single stone without cracking. The stones can be laid 

 alternately or continuously by sanding the joint, or with a strip 

 of paper placed between before laying the next block adjoin- 



