52 How to Lay Out 



or slope on the outer face. Thus the tipping over effect often 

 seen in plumb walls will be obviated. See Plate XIV. 



The treatment of the coping of the wall affords an oppor- 

 tunity to give a finishing touch. The finish of the face of the 

 wall and the manner and method of laying the stone, calls for 

 taste and skill. Open joints, with the mortar raked well l:»ack 

 from the face of the wall, form a more pleasing and substantial 

 treatment than if the mortar is smeared on the surface. Let 

 the individual stones stand out. See Plate XIV. 



Pleasing effects are made by using boulders and weather 

 beaten stone laid at random to hold a very steep bank about 

 a summer house or other artificial object; the spaces being filled 

 with good soil, rock loving plants may be induced to grow. On 

 no account should a rockery be built in the centre of a lawn, it 

 being classed as one of the incongi-uous objects which help to 

 mar the beauty of the grounds, and is in the same category as 

 a red painted pot filled with flowers hanging on a three forked 

 stick, or a piece of sewer pipe for an ornament, or an old boat 

 filled with earth in which are geraniums and nasturtiums. 



Often a brook passing through the home lot could be made 

 use of in many ways. If from a higher region it might be 

 conveyed to a fountain basin in the centre of a flower garden, 

 or a natural treatment can be made in the form of cascades, and 

 interesting water plants can be induced to gi'ow along the banks. 

 In planning or building the water basins, whether of stone, 

 cement, concrete, or brick, the practical points must not be 

 overlooked, such as the drainage and the liability of damage 

 by frost. 



