GATES AND FENCES FOR GARDEN AND PARK. 



FIG. 62. 



are often found along the Deeside in Aberdeenshire, a 

 county in which walling has been brought to the 

 perfection of a fine craft. Flints and stone, flints 

 and brick, or flints, brick and tiles, all may be arranged 

 in many tasteful and original combinations, and the 

 flints themselves may either be used whole so as to 

 present a rounded surface or split in two to show 

 the dark glass-like interior. 



For walls nearer the residence, where a stronger Coping. 

 construction and more finished appearance are neces- 

 sary, squared rubble laid in mortar may be used 



with a hog-back or rounded coping, as in No. 63 or No. 64, where two courses of slates 

 have been inserted under the coping to give a little relief. No. 65 shows a similar coping 

 and No. 66 the same with two courses of tiles inserted. The two latter could be closelv 



FIG. 63. 



-5TONC WALL 



FIG. 64. 



TWO COURSES 

 OF TILES 



THE OUT; 



BE.ICK WflLL 

 FIG. 67. 



FIG. 65. FIG. 66. 



copied in brick where necessary, and instead of the two courses of tiles, there may be 

 three courses, of which the middle one consists of roofing tiles placed so as to show 

 the "frogs" as in No. 67, so as very cheaply to obtain the effect of a dentil course. 



By the ingenious arrangement of 

 roofing, paving and the many shapes of 

 ridge tiles, quaint and effective copings 

 may be evolved suitable for all sorts of 

 positions where a brick wall is necessary, 

 and in some parts of the country oval 

 land-draining tiles are made with ribbed 

 exterior surfaces which make a simple and 

 effective balustrade. Open panels too may 

 be constructed by piling curved ridge tiles 

 in a symmetrical manner. Walls dividing 

 small gardens or surrounding rose, fruit 

 or other enclosed pleasaunces, may often 

 be improved by the adoption of some 

 of these methods. 



It cannot be too strongly urged, how- 

 ever, that, from the aesthetic standpoint, 

 the least satisfactory boundary wall is 

 that which is built of machine-made red 

 bricks of even colour such as are common 

 in Lancashire and North and South Wales, 

 but there are many cases where a deep- 

 coloured local brick is made, not too even 

 in shade, which is admirable, while grey 

 or brindled rough bricks, especially if 

 only two inches thick, make an excellent 

 and not very expensive boundary or for 

 dividing adjoining villa gardens. 



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FIG. 68. GARDEN GATE WITH BELLS ATTACHED TO RING 

 WHEN MOVED. 



Brick walls. 



