PRACTICAL BOOK OF GARDEN ARCHITECTURE 



quire bridging, stepping stones are ideal. Such 

 stones should form the walk leading down to the 

 little stream; then with miniature bowlders lead 

 across, and continue the walk along the bank and 

 up the sodded slope on the other side. The decora- 

 tive effect will be as fully appreciated as the dry 

 footing, when one is visiting this bit of garden en- 

 chantment. 



For gravel, brick, and concrete walks that require 

 special arrangement because of slightly rising lawn 

 slopes, there are various pleasing methods of treat- 

 ment. Gravel is seldom satisfactory except on level 

 walks, where there is little danger of washouts. Even 

 in the .right locations it must be carefully laid. Good 

 binding gravel should be used for paving, and care 

 should be taken to secure it from a gravel pit com- 

 paratively free from clay. After removing the top 

 soil of the walk to a depth of eight to ten inches (if 

 there is a good solid bottom this will be sufficient), 

 rake out, or screen out, the larger stones from the 

 gravel and fill in first with these stones. The ad- 

 dition of cinders may be required to bind the sub- 

 grading when the soil is loose or of a sandy nature. 

 Fill in with the screened gravel to a depth of four or 

 five inches, and wet and roll the walk thoroughly, 

 until it is smooth and compact. It should be filled in 

 and rolled to a slight slope on the sides, and well 



