The Garden Magazine, November, 1920 
147 
MORE GIFTS FOR THE GARDENER 
WHOSE TASTE MAY RANGE FROM THE ESSENTI- 
ALLY PRACTICAL TO THE PURELY ORNAMENTAL 
This quaintly designed bird-bath and 
sun-dial combined is a novel idea. 
Most of us welcome the birds to our 
gardens where the hours slip by so 
quickly that the warning finger of 
reminder may be acceptable 
The gazing globe, here 
properly placed to catch 
and imprison delightful 
far-away bits of vista, 
makes a sure appeal to the 
gardener of sedentary habit 
and an inquisitive turn of 
mind 
It would thrill a gardener to come 
upon this “ Piping Pan " in some se- 
questered nook with the dew gleaming 
on his vigorous young shoulders. In 
him Mr. Edward McCartan has suc- 
cessfully embodied the spirit of the 
garden and its lure in the fresh morn- 
ing hours 
The long winter evenings give the gar- 
dener ample time to mull over his plans 
for the spring. These decorative book 
ends with their floral suggestion may 
suitably support his special garden books 
of which he is always glad to have more 
This flexible torch, wired to a stout 
handle and soaked in kerosene, 
works havoc with any worm-nest! 
When my lady gardens she will 
find such a basket indispensable. 
It is fashioned for endurance and 
equipped with all sorts of use- 
ful small implements 
