Weather-Vans 



SUNDIA 



192 GARDENS: THEIR FORM AND DESIGN 



pondering as to the past story which lies concealed 

 adds to the joy of garden exploration. In front of an 

 old curiosity-shop in some village remote from tourist 

 invasion, are four little figures in lead of children sup- 

 porting graceful flower-baskets 

 on their heads. Each stood once 

 upon a square block of stone, 

 now, alas ! sadly maimed and 

 broken. There is a larger ped- 

 estal for the leaden Cupid that 

 should form the centre to this 

 delightful group, holding in his 

 hands above his head a square 

 sundial. " You may waste but 

 cannot stop me " is the motto 

 upon it, and the initials of the 

 owner, the date and name of a 

 craftsman belonging to a neigh- 

 bouring town, carefully carved in 

 the stone, seem to bring us in 

 close touch again with the little 

 square parterre garden which 

 these figures of children helped 

 adorn. The whole was so evi- 

 dently arranged by people who 

 were in close accord. What a 

 difference from the ready-made 

 ornaments, each exactly similar 

 and formed out of one mould, 

 which are now quickly packed up 

 at business houses and despatched 

 to their destinations. There is no trace upon them 

 of individual craftsmen. 



Books have been written upon sundials and their 

 mottoes, so there is no excuse of lack of suggestion 



FIG. 109. 



