FOOTPATHS. 



561 



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and black. 



by using bricks of various colours. Thus 

 red bricks and grey stocks, properly dis- 

 posed, will produce patterns in the man- 

 _. _., ner shown 



, ^ 801 - by figs. 801, 



802, 803. 

 For this pur- 

 pose it is ne- 

 cessary that 

 the bricks be 

 well mould- 

 ed and of 

 equal sizes. 

 Very excellent paving tiles, called quar- 

 ries, are manu- 

 Fl S- 802 ' factured in va- 



rious parts of 

 Staffordshire, 

 and are formed 

 of small squares 

 6 inches on the 

 side, coloured 

 blue, red, drab, 

 These, if properly arranged, 

 make beautiful 

 floors. There is a 

 very superior kind 

 called Wright's 

 quarries, which, on 

 a paleyellowground, 

 have dark brown 

 figures in pigment 

 let in ; and although 

 rather expensive, they make footpaths 

 and floors of great beauty. 



Footpaths for vineries, peach-houses, 

 and all such as have borders requiring 

 renewal or examination, should be of 

 cast-iron grating in convenient lengths, 

 and resting at the joinings of the pieces 

 upon cast-iron plates, and these support- 

 ed on rails of the same material. The 

 pattern of the footpath may be simply a 

 multiplication of octagons, hexagons, &c, 

 or they may, with very little additional 

 expense, be of highly elegant and elabo- 

 rate patterns. These are not only cheap, 

 but clean, durable, and admit of both air 

 and water reaching to the roots of the 

 trees. 



In few things has garden architecture 

 more improved than in footpaths in 

 forcing-houses. Formerly these consisted 

 of mere planks laid along, not always of 

 the same breadth, and with little regard 

 to level; next followed wooden trellised 

 paths, both expensive and of no long dura- 



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tion, and at the same time the most un- 

 comfortable of all floors to walk upon. 



The improved cast-iron footpaths, rest- 

 ing on longitudinal rails, which are them- 

 selves supported on stone or brick piers, 

 and having a raised margin, within which 

 the footpath rests, are of all others the 

 best. They should be from 2 to 3 feet 

 in breadth, and in length of from 4 to 

 5 feet. At such sizes, including the rails, 

 they can be furnished at the foundry at 

 Is. 6d. per superficial foot. Some still 

 prefer polished stone pavement for this 

 purpose, as is illustrated in the Royal 

 Gardens at Frogmore, where an almost 

 pure white pavement is used, and certainly 

 with the best effect. These pavements 

 are in long lengths, and are supported 

 underneath upon brick piers, so that, in 

 the event of renewing or of examining the 

 borders, they can be readily taken up 

 and again relaid. A darker colour would 

 be more economical, as it would require 

 less cleaning, and, for this purpose, 3-inch 

 Welsh slate, Caithness, Arbroath, or 

 Yorkshire pavement, polished on the 

 upper side, would be suitable. 



Chimney tops. — Well proportioned chim- 

 ney stalks, whether ornamental or plain, 

 as well as elegant forms of cans or 

 chimney-pots, add very considerably to 

 the effect of all garden buildings. This 

 is, however, a matter in general very 

 much neglected, and why, it is hard to 

 say, seeing that cans of even 

 the most classic forms can 

 be purchased at the cost of 

 a few shillings each. The an- 

 nexed figs. 804, 805, 806, 

 807, will serve as examples. 

 Their heights are as follows : 

 —804, 4 feet 1 inch ; 805, 5 

 feet 4 inches ; 806, 6 feet ; 

 807, 6 feet 3 inches. In 

 material they consist of com- 

 mon pottery ware, fire-clay, 

 artificial stone, cast-iron, stone, 

 and various compositions. 

 Chimneys, if properly ar- 

 ranged, and the designs in 

 accordance with the building 

 they form a part of, give 

 character and expression. The 

 study, however, of these has 

 hitherto been a sort of stum- 

 bling-block to modern archi- 

 tects ; and, as if seemingly 

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Fig. 804. 



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Fig. 805. 



