58 GARDEN PLANNING 



proportion. In a half-acre plot a width of five 

 feet might be desirable. 



The practical details of path making will 

 be treated in a separate chapter, but I may 

 here refer to the path material, more particu- 

 larly as regards its colour and texture. Red 

 gravel, coarse sand, bricks, and tiles are 

 warm in tone, contrasting well with the grass 

 and harmonizing with the flowers and their 

 foliage. Granite chips, cinders, tarred gravel, 

 blue stone, and cement are cold and unin- 

 viting, and should only be used when other 

 materials are unobtainable. 



Red gravel (of the right kind, which binds 

 well), bricks, tiles, tarred gravel, and cement 

 make paths with a close, hard surface. Sand 

 or pebbles, stone chips, cinders, and blue stone 

 never bind thoroughly, and therefore make 

 paths with a loose surface, which, apart 

 from the unpleasant feeling underfoot, Im- 

 plies that much loose material will adhere 

 to the boots and be carried on to the 

 grass, with disastrous results to the knives of 

 the mower. 



Though paths, as a rule, should be made of 

 equal width throughout, it is sometimes 



