CONSTRUCTION OF WALKS AND DRIVES lOI 



quite flat* on the surface, so that water may 

 drain off at the lower margin. 



When the bricks have been laid the joints 

 may be filled up with loose sand, watered to 

 carry it down, and again filled up to a level 

 with the surface. 



Whatever ideas the gardener may have about 

 pattern-making, he should not allow his fancy 

 to run away with him. Over-elaboration of 

 pattern in so utilitarian a feature as a garden 

 path would be too assertive. The simpler 

 the design the better, though undue repetition 

 is not desirable. 



Bearing in mind the fact that bricks meas- 

 ure four inches in width, it is evident that 

 the path width must be a multiple of that 

 dimension, a fact to be remembered when the 

 width of the path is being settled. 



Composite Paths — In this category I include 



all paths in which bricks or tiles are used in 



combination with concrete, stone mosaics, 



cobble stones, and other like materials. I 



shall first refer to those in which bricks are 



*To avoid misapprehension I may say that I use the 

 words "flat" and "level" in their strictly separate 

 senses. An inclined path may be flat but is not level. A 

 level path is flat of necessity. 



