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the longest direction of path, or terrace. In a path, 

 for instance, it does not matter how many joints 

 reach in a line from side to side, but care should 

 be taken to break all joints running the same way 

 as the path itself. In a broad terrace it will be 

 found advisable to select stones which are roughly 

 of the same size for the outside edges and to fill 

 the central area with the extremes of large and 

 small slabs. 



The insertion of simple geometric patterns in a 

 slightly different type of stone, and all natural and 

 haphazard methods of introducing colour and variety 

 such as millstones, bands of brick and tile, etc., 

 furnish matters of pleasant experiment. Tesselated 

 pavements, parti-coloured glazed tiles or mosaic 

 should be very rarely used save in specially designed 

 surroundings, and then only with the greatest dis- 

 cretion. It is not that the brilliant colours of these 

 materials are unable to blend with those of sky and 

 flower, but rather that our English climate does not 

 favour the effects which are common to Southern 

 Countries, and we are therefore largely unpractised 

 in the art. The decorative methods of within doors 



lose their meaning when brought into competition 

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