Sun-dials 



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given for the dial's setting. It may be planted with 

 vines, or stand unornamented ; it may be set low, 

 and be looked down upon, or it may be raised high 

 up on a side wall; but wherever it is, it must not 

 be for a single minute in shadow ; no trees or 

 overhanging shrubs should be near it ; it is a child 

 of the sun, and lives only in the sun's full rays. 



In the lovely old garden 

 at the home of Frederick 

 J. Kingsbury, Esq., at 

 Waterbury, 

 Conn., is a 



Old Brass and Pewter Dial-faces. 



sun-dial bearing the motto, " Horas non numero nisi 

 serenas" and the elates 1739-1751, the dates of the 

 building of the old and new houses on land that has 

 been in the immediate family since 1739. Around 

 this dial is a crescent-shaped bed of Zinnias, and 

 very satisfactory do they prove. This garden has 

 fine Box edgings; one is shown on page 173, a 

 Box walk, set in 1851 with ancient Box brought 

 from the garden of Mr. Kingsbury's great-great- 

 grandfather. 



The gnomon of a sun-dial is usually a simple 



