. Practical landscape gardening : the importance of careful planning, locating the house, arrangement of walks and drives, construction of walks and drives, lawns and terraces, how to plant a property, laying out a flower garden, architectural features of the garden, rose gardens and hardy borders, wild gardens and rock gardens, planting plans and planting lists . Landscape gardening. Fig. 53.—Stepping stone walk; the stones, gathered from local sources, are laid twenty inches apart, center to center.—See page 54 terrace, that is, to have more turf area on the outside of the walk than between
. Practical landscape gardening : the importance of careful planning, locating the house, arrangement of walks and drives, construction of walks and drives, lawns and terraces, how to plant a property, laying out a flower garden, architectural features of the garden, rose gardens and hardy borders, wild gardens and rock gardens, planting plans and planting lists . Landscape gardening. Fig. 53.—Stepping stone walk; the stones, gathered from local sources, are laid twenty inches apart, center to center.—See page 54 terrace, that is, to have more turf area on the outside of the walk than between the walk and the building. Any of the materials mentioned for walk construction are suit- able for terrace walks. Something substantial looking, such as the flags, or bricks, are most appropriate, and should always be laid on a firm base. DUTCH TILE Dutch tile, sometimes called brick tile on account of the simi- larity in texture, should be more generally used for terrace walks. These should always be laid on a concrete base with mortar joints not less than one-half inch wide. All paving material should be laid true and even, and on walks CT?f. Fig. 54.—Field stones laid in turf are very pleasing where a walk of some width is See page 54. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cridland, Robert B. New York, A. T. De La Mare Company, inc.
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