THE COMPLETE HOME LANDSCAPE 

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Fig. 38. — The "herring-bone pattern" is an attractive type for brick walks and is especially 

 popular in old-fashioned gardens 



of the stones at right angles to the side line of the drive. Fragments 

 should be used to fill in crevices between the large stones, for if these 

 crevices are not well filled the finer stone above will gradually work 

 down and in time cause depressions in the surface of the drive. Over 

 the large stone should be placed (and well packed) two to three inches 

 of crushed stone with a maximum dimension of about two inches. 

 The top layer consists of three-fourths inch stone and should be thick 

 enough to cover well and form a binder for the layer beneath. Each 

 layer of stone must be well tamped or rolled. The last layer, which 

 serves as a surface binder, consists of about a half inch of breaker dust. 

 This should be wetted down as it is being packed. Such drives should 

 have an edging to keep all stone within the bounds of the drive. Brick 

 on edge makes a neat edging and one easily constructed. 



Concrete roads. On a small property it is sometimes best to 

 use the cement ribbon drive which is economical and apparently 

 leaves more grass area. If the ribbon drive is not used a solid cement 

 drive may be constructed. 



The width of the cement drive and the diameter of the turn-around 

 are the same as for those of brick, namely, ten feet as a minimum 

 width for drive, and 65 feet as a minimum diameter for turn-arounds. 

 The necessity of laying the finishing surface of a cement walk or drive 

 before the under surface is entirely hard should be kept in mind, for 

 if the under surface sets before the top is laid the surface will no 

 doubt peel off. 



