Villa Gardens 65 



check the flatness* of a path along its length 

 with a straight-edge. 



All bricks are more or less curved in the 

 burning. The convex side is easily detected 

 by looking along the edges, and should always 

 be laid uppermost, otherwise the brick will 

 acquire a tendency to rock, and will in time get 

 loose on its bed. 



In using builders' bricks, the gardener will do 

 well to remember that they rapidly excoriate 

 the hands, and he should use gloves therefore 

 if he wishes to avoid sore fingers. 



Bricks of suitable quality may be bought at 

 about 36s. per thousand. Those known as 

 " seconds wire-cut " I have found excellent. 



About five hundred bricks will be ample for 

 the largest garden shown in the illustrated 

 examples. 



When the path comes against grass, it is 

 best to keep the levels of the two the same, but 

 when against a bed, it is preferable that its edge 



* To prevent possible misapprehension of terms I may explain 

 that I use the words " flat " and " level " in their strictly separate 

 meanings. An inclined path may be flat but is not level, 

 though a level path is flat of necessity. 



