PAVING AND ITS USES 117 



Very much will depend on the method of laying 

 the stone, which can be easily made to look either 

 commonplace or unnaturally odd. In water gardens 

 and in certain quiet walks it is permissible to leave 

 wide cracks and broken angles for small flowers and 

 rock plants to flourish. But, as a rule, it is well to 

 avoid making our path a flower bed, and our paving 

 should be justified by its own beauty without extreme 

 precision or obvious defects; As in other things, 

 the mean is the best course, — extremes will not give 

 us a lasting satisfaction or permanent pleasure. 



