. 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. 47.—If a brick walk is six feet wide or more a border such as shown here makes an attractive finish.—See page 51. Fig. 48.—A good treatment for brick walks less than six feet wide.—See page 51 inch of bar sa
. 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. 47.—If a brick walk is six feet wide or more a border such as shown here makes an attractive finish.—See page 51. Fig. 48.—A good treatment for brick walks less than six feet wide.—See page 51 inch of bar sand as a cushion. The concrete base, which is more expensive, should consist of iive inches of concrete with a one inch sand cushion. A concrete base preserves a true alignment and prevents upheavals. A brick walk should always have a curb of bricks laid on edge or end. Figs. 47, 48, 49, 50 and 51 show various designs for brick walks. The old diagonal fashion (Fig. 52) gives an atmosphere of Colonial times and will probably continue to be looked upon with favor by those who contemplate the construction of garden walks. This design in particular does not lend itself well to curved lines, so its use is limited to positions where straight lines 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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