Laying Out a Garden. 9 



Next, broken pottery, clinkers, or any rough material, 

 should be spread over and well rolled in while the 

 mud is still soft, always commencing from the outside 

 so as to keep the path in shape, and when the whole 

 is dry, the work will present a compact, cement-like 

 surface. Red clay or " tena " should then be poured 

 on in a liquid state, and spread over thinly with a 

 broom. Sand may be put on when the clay is partly 

 dry, well rolled in, and any high places beaten 

 down. For public gardens, &c., paths of this kind 

 will be found to suit admirably, and will always 

 present a tidy and neat appearance. Their construc- 

 tion is very rapid, three or four men when used to 

 the work, will complete twenty to thirty metres per 

 day, and with an occasional rolling the paths will last 

 a lifetime. 



(2nd) The other method is to shape the paths as 

 previously described, and then to place the stones or 

 clinkers on without the mud, covering them with soil 

 which should be well watered and rolled. When this 

 is set, the red clay, as already mentioned, should be 

 poured over, and the sand rolled in before the clay 

 is dry. This will prevent it from being blown away 

 by the wind, and at the same time give a finished 

 appearance. 



This is a quicker method, but the former makes 

 the stronger path. 



Lawns. Lawns to a garden are what carpets are 

 to a house, and therefore the larger the area devoted 

 to them, the better will be the appearance. Few things 

 can present a cooler and more inviting effect after 

 the heat and dust of an Eastern city, than an expanse 

 of green lawn, while on the other hand a more unsightly 

 object can scarcely be imagined than a conglomeration 

 of fantastical-shaped beds, with ugly borders of red 

 Alternanthera, and endless little paths, which are un- 

 fortunately so often met with here. 



For lawn-making in Egypt four different plants can 

 be used. 



