. The book of the garden. Gardening. Fig. 45 " is probably the most common way in which garden walls are coped ; and, when well done, it will stand for many years, pro- vided the bricks are laid in cement. To obviate the necessity of a groove in this case, the inner end of the bricks is to be bedded a little thicker, so as to canse them to incline outwards, but not so much as to cause this to be observable, unless to the prac- tised ; Fig. 46 "is a mode of coping frequently resorted to where stone or large slate Fig 46 cannot be obtained; and it answers very well. A thin wal
. The book of the garden. Gardening. Fig. 45 " is probably the most common way in which garden walls are coped ; and, when well done, it will stand for many years, pro- vided the bricks are laid in cement. To obviate the necessity of a groove in this case, the inner end of the bricks is to be bedded a little thicker, so as to canse them to incline outwards, but not so much as to cause this to be observable, unless to the prac- tised ; Fig. 46 "is a mode of coping frequently resorted to where stone or large slate Fig 46 cannot be obtained; and it answers very well. A thin wall plate of wood is laid along the edge, to secure the first row of slate. The mid- dle of the wall is then ridged up with small pieces of stone and lime, into which the other rows of slate," or plain tiles, " are made fast by small wooden pins, and the whole secured by a row of tiles on the ridge ; the latter are sometimes coloured to imitate slate, or coated with coal ; Fig. 47 " is one of the best forms of coping, and may be either of stone or cement. The latter is the cheapest, and may be moulded to various forms by an experi- enced workman. If the mate- rials are good, and the right proportions of sand and cement used, a coping of this kind will last a number of years, and successfully resist the action of the weather. Several moulds of the proper length and shape are first prepared. A certain portion of cement and sharp fresh-water sand is then wetted up and thoroughly incorporated, no more being made at one time than is considered sufficient to fill one of the moulds. The mould, before using, must be completely coated with oil. A layer of cement is then spread equally over it, in which two or three flat tiles are placed across and embedded. Some more cement is added, and a couple of tiles placed lengthways along the middle, for the purpose of strengthening it, as well as to save the cement. The VOL. I. Fig. Please note that these images are ex
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