80 Old Time Gardens 



bordered with thriving Box in a truly old-time 

 mode. It affords a striking example of the beauty 

 and satisfaction that can come from the use of Box 

 as an edging, and old-time flowers as a filling of 

 these beds. Among the two hundred different 

 plants are great rows of yellow Day Lilies shown 

 in the view facing page y6 ; regular plantings of 

 Peonies ; borders of Flower de Luce ; banks of 

 Lilies of the Valley ; rows of white Fraxinella and 

 Lupine, beds of fringed Poppies, sentinels of Yucca 

 — scores of old favorites have grown and thriven in 

 the cheery manner they ever display when they are 

 welcome and beloved. The sun-dial in this garden is 

 shown facing page 82 ; it was designed by Mr. Percy 

 Ash, and can be regarded as a model of simple out- 

 lines, good proportions, careful placing, and sym- 

 metrical setting. Bv placing I mean that it is in 

 the right site in relation to the surrounding flower 

 beds, and to the general outlines of the garden ; it is 

 a dignified and significant garden centre. By set- 

 ting I mean its being raised to proper prominence 

 in the garden scheme, by being placed at the top of 

 a platform formed of three circular steps of ample 

 proportion and suitable height, that its pedestal is 

 also of the right size and not so high but one can, 

 when standing on the top step, read with ease the 

 dial's response to our question, " What's the time 

 o' the day ? " The hedges and walls of Honeysuckle, 

 Roses, and other flowering vines that surround this 

 garden have thriven wonderfully in the five years of 

 the garden's life, and look like settings of many 

 years. The simple but graceful wall seat gives 



