114 GARDENS IN THE MAKING 



with the altered conditions of the open air, — but in 

 some carefully selected court or on a terrace where 

 the sun is a constant visitor, we may essay a composi- 

 tion wherein bright colours — fine blues and greens 

 mingled with white — form the keynote of the design. 

 Normally, however, the quiet, rough, serviceable 

 materials of stone and brick will be found the most 

 friendly to the purpose we have in view. 



Paving is the ideal method of treating practically 

 all paths in a garden, although considerations of 

 cost will generally confine its use to certain limits. 

 Gravelled paths are not so dry or durable, and, 

 more than this, they lack the beautiful tone and 

 picturesque jointing of the stone flags. The colour 

 of gravel is never really welcome in the garden 

 picture, and any extent of it is apt to put all else 

 out of harmony. It cannot be compared with 

 stone when used across a lawn or next to strips of 

 turf 



Every garden is the better for a liberal allowance 

 of paving. It is required in many places, and forms 

 the most effective embroidery to garden architecture, 

 providing, as it does, a groundwork which makes ' 

 each feature blend with its'surroundings. Orangeries 



