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GARDEN PLANNING 



used for the framework. The preparation 

 of the foundation is the same as for an all- 

 brick path, except that sand will only be needed 

 where the bricks come. 

 The general idea of 

 a path of this charac- 

 ter may be gathered 

 from the illustration. 

 It will be seen that 

 the brickwork forms 

 the basis of a pattern, 

 which is completed by 

 filling the spaces be- 

 tween its members 

 with another mate- 

 rial. I have found 

 road macadam an ex- 

 cellent one, and I use 

 it as follows: having 

 made a mortar of 

 builder's sand and 

 Portland cement, half 

 and half, I fill in the 

 spaces one at a time, 

 a half- of fine gravel, 

 and then to the path level with mortar- 



Fig. 21. — Design for a 



composite path 



first with an inch and 



