

A sun-dial is almost an indis- 

 pensable garden adjunct 



One may build a vertical sun-dial 

 garden front of the house 



into the 



Don't grow vines too thicKly around the pedestal An armillary sphere dial in 

 or you can't tell the time the Larz Anderson garden 



a pergola might be classed among the 

 necessities. 



Another piece of furniture which might 

 come in either class is the flower-box. When 

 a garden is directly adjacent to the house, it 

 is a good scheme to suggest the presence of 

 growing things by flower-boxes placed be- 

 tween the columns of the portico. Simple 

 wooden ones, painted white or green, may 

 be made at home at a very low cost — a 

 dollar apiece. Some very attractive repro- 

 ductions of the old Italian boxes are to be 

 had in cement, costing about $40 for the 

 four-foot ones. Terra cotta three-section 

 boxes, three feet long, cost about $25. 



A sun-dial is certainly not a necessity in 

 any garden, but there can be no doubt as 

 to its wide appeal as a thing of beauty. At 

 the junction of two paths, or as a terminal 

 feature at the end of a walk, it lends a charm 

 that nothing else can give. It seems hardly 

 necessary to mention the fact that it needs 



sun to warrant its presence, yet many a 

 garden plan shows it to the north of a mass 

 of shrubbery that is high enough to shade 

 the dial. It must have a solid foundation, 

 starting below the frost line, or it will have 

 to be continually reset level. The cement 

 pedestals cost from $20 to $50, the bronze 

 dial about $10 more. 



A simple, fluted column in terra cotta, 

 three feet high, can be had for $10, which is 

 just about the amount that the same 

 design would cost in wood. Some of the 

 more ornate designs in the style of the Italian 

 Renaissance are charming, and the cost is 

 quite low — from $11 to $18. 



White marble pedestals can be had for 

 $45, without hand carving and the possessor 

 can enjoy the satisfaction of knowing that 

 this material will delight the eyes of gener- 

 ations to come. 



Of course, the ordinary sun-dial is not 

 accurate, within a half-hour or so, every 



day in the year. If it is your habit to garden 

 until train time, you can buy a dial with an 

 adjustable gnomon which will give you 

 absolutely correct time; it costs $25. 



Vases of clay, cement or marble are other 

 luxuries with which to mark the transition 

 from house to garden. On the piers flanking 

 the porch steps or at the corners of the terrace 

 wall they are seen at their best. There are 

 many designs in cement made to hold box 

 or bay trees, hydrangeas, or in other shapes 

 to hold the drooping Vinca minor. The 

 simpler designs may be had for $10. The 

 vases in green, brown, buff or red-glazed 

 pottery cost from $5 to $10, depending on 

 the amount of modeling in the design. 

 Unglazed terra cotta jars and vases are 

 cheaper. Marble vases cost from $50 up to 

 almost any amount one cares to pay. 



Square cypress boxes are good to hold 

 your portable bay trees. One kind is made 

 with handles so that the tree can be carried 



A stone lantern wrongly A terra cotta pot, two feet across, costs $15. Here is a suggestion from one of the old Modern cement worK corn- 



placed. It needs seclusion This one rests on a cement base Italian gardens pares favorably with marble 



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