SUN-DIAL— PERGOLA 

 SUN-DIAL 



There is no more charming and interest- 

 ing addition to a garden than a sun-dial. 

 For hundreds of years sun-dials have been 

 used as timekeepers, and though some of 

 the very old ones were occasionally set into 

 the facade of a building, they are generally 

 found in the ijlaiscmnce or garden, mounted 

 upon quaint pedestals. Sun-dials are sup- 

 posed, by their o^Miers, to keep accurate 

 time, but it must be remembered that there 

 is always a difference between clock -time 

 and sun -time. While, to-day, our lives are 

 frequently portioned into minutes, and it 

 would seem as if one might loiter and be 

 lazy in a garden, if anywhere, still even 

 among the flowers we find a " teinpus 

 fugUr For a time after my sun-dial was 

 set, it was amusing to notice how often, 

 about half after eleven o'clock, and again 

 at five, this late addition to the garden 

 would claim the attention of the workmen. 



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