146 GAKDEN ORNAMENTS 



"Tyme passeth and speaketh not, 

 Deth Cometh and warneth not. 

 Amend to-day and slack not, 

 To-morrow thyself cannot." 



By the time the American colonists had leisure 

 to devote to the laying out of beautiful gardens, 

 the day of the sundial was drawing to a close. The 

 introduction of clocks had done away with the ne- 

 cessity of depending upon such fair-weather time 

 pieces, and furthermore, they were no longer popu- 

 lar in other lands. So, despite its charm and value 

 as an ornament, it was not widely adopted in this 

 country. Of late years, however, in the general re- 

 vival of old-time customs, this interesting feature 

 for gardens has come into favor. 



The making of one of these time pieces can be 

 carried out by a village carpenter, but the purchas- 

 ing of an old one had better be done by an expert 

 as there are so many reproductions placed to-day 

 on the market. All that is essential in order to 

 work out proper results is that the dial should 

 have a firm and absolutely level base to rest on, and 

 that the gnomon should point directly towards the 

 North Star, so that time may be accurately com- 



