74 Villa Gardens 



Reverting to the brick path, it should be 

 borne in mind that the width should be made 

 to accord with the brick measurements, viz. a 

 multiple of 4^ inches, otherwise much cutting 

 of bricks will be necessary, and a patchy 

 appearance will result. 



If the gardener be tempted to construct 

 these composite paths, and is unacquainted 

 with Portland cement, let him take a note of 

 warning. If kept long in contact with the 

 hands in a dry state it will burn the skin and 

 cause soreness. 



An all-brick path is, of course, quite feasible, 

 and will offer no difficulties to the reader who 

 has mastered the foregoing directions. To keep 

 the marginal bricks in place it is well to grout 

 them with cement ; the bricks in the centre 

 part may be laid loosely in contact, and their 

 weight will keep them in place. 



A bricklayer's trowel is a far handier tool for 

 the above operations than the curved trowel of 

 the gardener. 



