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stands above the level of the soil, so as to form 

 a barrier to rolling clods. Edging tiles then 

 become unnecessary. 



The filling between the bricks may be done 

 in various ways. 



One plan is to use a fine concrete of screened 

 gravel and Portland cement — gravel three parts 

 and cement one part. 



This, when well beaten down to a good sur- 

 face level with the bricks, is quite satisfactory, 

 and is quickly done ; but a better plan, though 

 involving rather more labour, is to make a 

 coarse mosaic, for which the ordinary hard 

 road metalling, known as Macadam, is an 

 excellent material, as it runs approximately 

 cubical, and is therefore easily fitted together 

 in the spaces. 



The method of laying such a mosaic is as 

 follows. Make a mortar of builders' sand and 

 Portland cement, half and half, mixing it with 

 water to a stiff pasty consistency. Fill in the 

 space to within 2 inches of the top (a brick is 

 about 2f inches thick) with gravel, then fill up 

 level with the top of the bricks with mortar. 



