96 GARDEN PLANNING 



Upon the price of each material ruling in the 

 district. The average price per thousand of 

 bricks suitable for the purpose may be taken 

 at ^7.50 delivered on the ground, and a thou- 

 sand bricks will cover a surface of about two 

 hundred and seventy square feet, sufficient 

 for a ninety-foot length of path three feet wide. 

 For the purpose of comparison it may be as- 

 sumed that a load of gravel costing ^1.75, 

 laid three inches thick, will cover one hundred 

 and eight square feet of surface, thus bringing 

 out the relative cost of material at $7.50 for 

 the brick against $4.50 for the gravel. This, 

 at first glance, appears to be in favour of 

 gravel, but another factor has to be reckoned 

 with, viz., edging tiles, w^iich are not required 

 for the brick path. These cost about ^3.25 per 

 hundred, and they measure about nine inches, 

 so that, if our ninety-foot path has to be edged 

 on both sides, some two hundred and fifty tiles 

 will be required, costing $8.12. The compari- 

 son may therefore be stated thus: 



^ 90 feet of brick path . . . ^7.50 



90 feet of gravel path and edging 



tiles 12.62 



This takes no account of labour, and the 



preparatory work and materials for the path 



