96 GARDEN PLANNING 



upon the price of each material ruling in the 

 district. The average price per thousand of 

 bricks suitable for the purpose may be taken 

 at $7.50 delivered on the ground, and a thou- 

 sand bricks will cover a surface of about two 

 hundred and seventy square feet, sufficient 

 for a ninety-foot length of path three feet wide. 

 For the purpose of comparison it may be as- 

 sumed that a load of gravel costing $1.75, 

 laid three inches thick, will cover one hundred 

 and eight square feet of surface, thus bringing 

 out the relative cost of material at $7.50 for 

 the brick against $4.50 for the gravel. This, 

 at first glance, appears to be in favour of 

 gravel, but another factor has to be reckoned 

 with, viz., edging tiles, which are not required 

 for the brick path. These cost about $3.25 per 

 hundred, and they measure about nine inches, 

 so that, if our ninety-foot path has to be edged 

 on both sides, some two hundred and fifty tiles 

 will be required, costing $8.12. The compari- 

 son may therefore be stated thus : 



90 feet of brick path ... $ 7.50 

 90 feet of gravel path and edging 



tiles 12.62 



This takes no account of labour, and the 

 preparatory work and materials for the path 



