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PRACTICAL LANDSCAPE GARDENING 



Fig. 5 1 . — The basket pattern of bricks 



on edge is not so pleasing, as it 



shows too many mortar 



Unes. — See page 53 



Fig. 52. — The old-fashioned diagonal 



or herringbone pattern in bricks or 



tile. Good where straight lines 



predominate. — See pages 5 1 



and 53 



When the bricks are laid in place the joints should be filled with 

 bar sand or grouted and pointed with cement mortar. The mortar 

 joints are expensive but more lasting than the sand and prevent 

 weeds or grass from growing in the interstices. 



The texture of brick walks may be greatly improA'ed by applying 

 an occasional coating of boiled linseed oil. 



STEPPING STONE WALKS 



Stepping stones of local field stone (Figs. 53 and 54) are very 

 naturahstic and picturesque. They may be laid in a single or double 

 line; the double line for walks of importance, the single line for 

 secondary paths. The stones should be set into the sod to a depth 

 that will bring the flat surface level with the turf to allow 

 of the lawn mower passing over. Space the stones twenty inches 

 apart, center to center, using stones not less than twelve inches wide 

 nor larger than eighteen inches wide. Vary the stones and avoid 

 placing pieces of the same dimensions close together. 



TERRACE WALKS 



Terrace walks (Fig. 55) should be of rather generous dimensions, 

 never less than five feet wide, while on very broad terraces the walk 

 may be from seven to ten feet wide. It is good practice on broad 

 terraces to place the walk nearer the house than the edge of the 



