GARDEN ACCESSORIES 267 



movement, never catched, nice as an evanes- 

 cent cloud, or the first arrests of sleep!" 



Another author has described it as a " Simple, 

 altar-like structure — the garden god of Chris- 

 tian gardens." 



The lore of the sundial is voluminous and 

 crowded with interest, but we need not follow 

 it further. Enough if it provides us with a 

 charming accessory full of old associations. 



For all good and artistic designs we have to 

 go back to the ancient patterns, of which an 

 ample number of examples still survive. Per- 

 haps the best of them are to be found in Scot- 

 land, bearing dates of some two hundred 

 years ago. 



Even in the smallest garden the sundial is 

 not out of place if due consideration is given 

 to scale. 



The pillar may be of stone, brick or wood; 

 but stone certainly has the best appearance, 

 and follows tradition. It is sometimes possible 

 to pick up an old dial shaft second-hand, but 

 dealers in such things, as a rule, ask prices com- 

 parable with what a new shaft would cost if 

 made by the mason. Still, if an old shaft 

 can be found, mellow with age and weather 



