230 GARDEN PLANNING 



the wear and tear of every-day usage, and the 

 porous kinds are subject to fracture by frost. 

 Special edging tiles are made of the following 

 materials: 



Porous brickware (red). 

 Hard brickware (red). 

 Stoneware (brown). 

 Blue brickware (slaty blue). 



The first is undesirable on account of its 

 brittleness and liability to fracture by frost, 

 and the last on account of its unpleasant colour, 

 though it has the advantage of toughness and 

 strength. Between the other two materials 

 there is little to choose. Both are durable and 

 unobjectionable in colour, and the gardener 

 may decide as he thinks best. If price is a 

 consideration, he would find the hard brick- 

 ware the least expensive, though prices may 

 vary according to district. 



When it comes to selecting the 



a pattern he cannot be too circum- 

 spect, and he had best confine 

 Fig. 65.— Edg- himself to simple designs. In my 

 ing tile opinion the tile edging is not a 

 feature it is desirable to emphasize with 



