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time. Should you, by chance, be able to procure an 

 old miU stone, it serves two purposes, first it is a 

 practical foundation and second it lends an old- 

 time setting that is appropriate. For a simple, 

 ■every-day foundation, stones can be laid about six 

 inches deep and filled in with mortar. Cement is 

 also appropriate and oftentimes bricks can be used 

 to good advantage. 



For a pedestal, a rather good idea is to use sec- 

 ond-hand bricks. These can be cemented together 

 ■with mortar, the red giving a touch of color to the 

 drapery of the simdial that is picturesque. Some- 

 times a boulder is used for this purpose or a slab 

 of stone. 



If you purchase a sundial, you should bear in 

 mind that if it is a genuine antique, it may not be 

 suitable for our latitude. In cases like that it is 

 %est to have it looked after by an expert and so 

 placed that it will be a correct timekeeper. 



We tire of the same idea continuously repro- 

 duced so why not work out a design of youi own? 

 This is hard to do, however, unless cement is used, 

 when some floral design or ornamentation that is 

 appropriate for the garden can be introduced. For 

 the dial the gnomon is made much more interesting 



