20 LANDSCAPE GARDEN SERIES 



durable, they are found leading from the house to the vegetable 

 garden. But they lack all elements or repose and there is no 

 place for them within the borders of a formal garden. 



As charming a pathway as any, and easily the cheapest, is 

 one of fresh grass with edging to give crispness to its borders. 

 Sometimes flat stepping stones placed the length of an easy step 

 apart are set in flush with the grass of the path and such stones 

 urge us on to every beauty which they pass or lead to. 



Bricks, especially the soft-hued modern bricks, are far from 

 uninviting for walks, and they can be laid in a bed of simple sand 

 in fascinating tapestried designs which will never tire us. 



Or, perhaps, we'll make an equally pleasant choice and use 

 flat, irregular slabs of limestone placed with narrow strips of 

 grass between them. If these stones are chipped on their outer 

 edges to conform to the trim outlines of the path they cannot fail 

 to be very attractive, indeed. 



It seems hardly possible that any kind of paths could be 

 among the best and also among the least desirable. Yet that is 

 true of paths of gravel and paths of macadam as well. If the 

 gravel is not of the proper sort or the work is ill done they are 

 likely to become sticky when wet and therefore the garden cannot 

 be as freely watered as it might otherwise be. However that 

 may be, they have a pleasing and inviting tone, and are really 

 excellent at all times if properly made. 



Cinders are often used, but they have nothing to recommend 

 them. They are dirty looking, easily scattered and simply honey- 

 comb shoe leather. 



Formal walks, of course, call for geometrical arrangement. 

 The accompanying illustration shows some general types of walk 



