MAKING OF GARDEN ROADS AND PATHS 395 



everyday use, but when this material can be avoided, avoid 

 it by all means. Loose gravel or granite chips are sometimes 

 used in preference to a binding gravel, but these are not very 

 satisfactory, especially when the path is destined for heavy 

 use, for the loose chips soon become filled with soil and 

 other dirt. By rolling on every possible occasion, a well- 

 made gravel path keeps in good condition, and there is 

 nothing to beat it for appearance. Carriage drives and roads 



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FIG. 25. Diagrams to show the Construction of Garden Paths. 



A. Plan of drains in bed of path : i, bed of path ; 2 2, side drains ; 3 3, branch drains. 

 B. Section of path showing drains: 44, catchpits at sides of path; 55, section 

 of side drains showing connections with surface and branch drains ; 6, branch 

 drains in bed of path; 7, rough material; 8, the finished rounded surface of the 

 path. No. 9 shows a paved channel, and No. 10 section of pipe channel. 



must be given from 6 inches to 12 inches of hard core, 

 according to depth, and over this, flints or broken granite 

 should be placed to bring the road within 2 inches of the 

 surface. Make it as firm and level as possible, then cover 

 with gravel and roll well. Such a road will stand a consider- 

 able amount of wear, providing wheel-marks are regularly 

 raked over and the surface frequently rolled. A fertile source 

 of injury to roads is the heavy shade of trees, which does not 

 allow the surface to dry, and by their leaves falling and not 

 being regularly cleaned up. Foreign matter of any descrip- 



