CONSTRUCTION OF WALKS AND DRIVES IO5 



pavements of town; another that their colour 

 is too cold to the critical eye; yet another 

 that they wear unequally and soon become 

 "dished," giving rise to the inevitable puddle. 



I have seen some good paths made of stone 

 waste, and if the gardener has the opportunity 

 of obtaining this material cheaply, and it is 

 of the right kind — i. e., not too friable — it 

 will make an interesting path. 



A good plan is to use it in a patchwork pattern 

 of the kind our lady friends call "crazy," for 

 which purpose all sharp angles should be 

 removed from the pieces. I give an illustra- 

 tion that will carry a suggestion for a stone- 

 waste path based upon Japanese practice. 

 If the separate stones are well bedded, with 

 precautions to prevent rocking, no cementing 

 medium is needed. In fact, the joints may be 

 designedly allowed to gape to permit the grass 

 to spring out of them, which will give an uncon- 

 ventional but not unpleasing effect to a path 

 crossing a lawn. 



Red sandstone is an excellent material, 

 and white stone is admissible, as it soon loses 

 its glare, and tones down under the influence 

 of weather and vegetable growth. 



