GARDEN DESIGN 



be made out. The linen plan should be ruled out 

 in squares to represent 10 ft. spaces, which are 

 also marked out on the site. 



The amount of stone required can be calculated 

 from the model. The ledges, or tiny terraces, are 

 only sustained by rock, and reckoning this at a 

 foot thick throughout, the number of cubic yards 

 required can be found by simple arithmetic. 

 Large bluffs should be taken as extras, for special 

 pieces of stone will probably have to be obtained 

 for them. 



The kind of stone employed is largely governed 

 by the locality, that of the place being much the 

 most suitable for the soil. If there is no native 

 stone a kind should be chosen whose colour will 

 blend with the soil. For instance pale grits, or 

 limestone, go with chalky lands, and brown and 

 fawn sandstones with loams. 



Building operations should begin some feet 

 away from the foot of the bank or mound, unless 

 the height is to be considerably increased by the 

 rock-work. The front boundary is set out from 

 the plan, and stakes driven in every 10 ft. to 

 represent the 10 ft. spaces marked on the plan. 

 A slight gully is cut along this line to give the first 

 row of stones a grip, and to prevent their being 

 thrust forward by the weight of soil behind, and 

 the gully should be shaped so as to give the 

 stones a slight backward tilt. (See Diagram 77.) 



Stones should never be set edgeways. It may 



