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Old Time Gardens 



The sun-dial does not lure to " idle dalliance." 

 Nine-tenths of the sun-dial mottoes tersely warn you 



not to linger, to 

 haste away, that 

 time is fleeting, 

 and your hours 

 are numbered, 

 and therefore to 

 " be about your 

 business." In a 

 single moment 

 and at a single 

 glance the sun- 

 dial has said its 

 lesson, has told 

 its absolute mes- 

 sage, and there 

 is no reason for 

 you to gaze at it 

 longer. Its very 

 position, too, in 

 the unshaded 

 rays of the sun, 

 does not invite 

 you to long com- 

 panionship, as 

 do the shady 

 lengths of a per- 

 gola, or a green 

 orchard seat. 



Sun-dial in Garden of Grace Church Still, I would 



Rectory, New York. ever have a gar- 



