PRACTICAL BOOK OF GARDEN ARCHITECTURE 



walk edges when a single sweep of the lawn-inower 

 trims the sod and outlines the stepping stones) but 

 also in the saving of space and paving material. 

 With such a walk no space is required for cutting 

 into the lawn for the usual types of broad walk pav- 

 ing. The flat stepping stones set at convenient in- 

 tervals in the sod are scarcely noticeable from the 

 different view-points in the garden and, when dis- 

 covered, their picturesque value is invariably ap- 

 preciated, i Another point in their favor is their 

 indefinite duration when once carefully placed, and 

 the avoiding of such troubles as resetting bricks, re- 

 surfacing gravel, and the replacing of boards. 



In following Japanese methods of paving garden 

 walks with stepping stones, greater variety is at 

 one's command. Instead of the big stepping stones 

 being set directly in the soil and surrounded by 

 closely clipped sod, the large stones are outlined in 

 various quaint ways by many small stones, forming 

 paths that are decidedly picturesque, but which have 

 the disadvantage of requiring considerable time to 

 keep in good condition. This type of paving re- 

 quires a deep foundation of clay, gravel or cement 

 mixture to hold the stones of various sizes in place 

 and to give the effect of quaint tiling. When set 

 directly in the sod, the presence of the small stones 

 is soon lost to view by being covered by the grass, 



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