144 GABDEN" ORNAMENTS 



II had a large one designed and placed in the gar- 

 den at Holyrood. 



While the first invented were crude, yet, as time 

 went on, they became more popular, and different 

 materials were used, such as wood, bronze and 

 metal. The hour spaces were computed to comply 

 with the locality in which they were placed. This 

 required a great deal of thought and it was neces- 

 sary to employ an expert workman. 



Mowers and hedge plants were occasionally 

 used to represent this idea. One of these stood be- 

 tween the "Shakespeare garden" and the "garden 

 of friendship" at Lady Warwick's summer home. 

 The gnomon being of yew while the dial was 

 worked out by the use of box, the lettering was 

 outside and speUed the following motto — "Les 

 Heures Heureuses ne se comptent pas." This, as 

 far as we know, was the first attempt at the use of 

 floriculture in time pieces. 



Sundials might be divided into two kinds, the 

 perpendicular and the horizontal. Each one of 

 these has its own special place, the former being 

 used on buildings while the latter was for garden 

 purposes solely. In New York, one of the old 

 perpendicular dials may still be seen on the Dutch 

 Reformed Church. 



