SUN-DIAL— PERGOLA 



trees in terra -cotta vases of simple shape — 

 copies of antique ones. 

 . The dial made for the latitude bears this 

 inscription, " Uteix praesenti, memor ulthnae" 

 (Use the present hour, mindful of the last), 

 which I found in an old book on sun- 

 dials in the Avery Library, at Columbia 

 University. 



PERGOLA 



Across the end of this garden is a rustic 

 pergola seventy feet long, made of cedar 

 posts cut from the woods on the farm, ten 

 posts on a side, each post being set four 

 feet deep. A string -piece of heavy chestnut 

 rests on the tops of each row of posts. Cedar 

 poles ten inches apart extend across the top 

 and project two feet over each side. The 

 pergola is eight feet wide and ten feet high, 

 is easy to build and very effective. Care 

 must be taken to set the posts at least four 

 feet. At each post are planted a two - year - 

 old root of Wistaria and one of ^^irginia 

 Creeper, and I live in the hope of some 



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