THE SUNDIAL IN THE GAEDEN 145 



The Horizontal was extremely popular in both. 

 England and Scotland, so much so that no garden 

 of any pretention was considered complete without 

 one or more of these ornamental time-keepers. The 

 high favor in which the "simple altar-like struc- 

 ture," with its "silent heart language," was held 

 in England was well expressed by Charles Lamb, 

 who said of the sundial, "It stood as the Garden 

 god of Christian gardens." 



It is the revival of this old-time custom that has 

 given a delightful touch of sentiment to the gar- 

 dens of to-day, where sundials have become, more 

 especially of late years, a permanent fixture. Many 

 of these have interesting mottoes, some repeating 

 the legends of other days, while later designs bear 

 on their face a modern inscription. 



**Let others tell of storm and showers, 

 I'll only count your sunny hours/' 



*'Time goes you say — ah, no! 

 Time stays, we go." 



"I mark the time, dost thou?" 



