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Old Time Gardens 
bordered with thriving Box in a truly old-time 
mode. It affords a striking example of the beauty 
and satisfaction that can come from the use of Box 
as an edging, and old-time flowers as a filling of 
these beds. Among the two hundred different 
plants are great rows of yellow Day Lilies shown 
in the view facing page 76 ; regular plantings of 
Peonies ; borders of Flower de Luce ; banks of 
Lilies of the Valley ; rows of white Fraxinella and 
Lupine, beds of fringed Poppies, sentinels of Yucca 
— scores of old favorites have grown and thriven in 
the cheery manner they ever display when they are 
welcome and beloved. The sun-dial in this garden is 
shown facing page 82 ; it was designed by Mr. Percy 
Ash, and can be regarded as a model of simple out- 
lines, good proportions, careful placing, and sym- 
metrical setting. By placing I mean that it is in 
the right site in relation to the surrounding flower 
beds, and to the general outlines of the garden ; it is 
a dignified and significant garden centre. By set- 
ting I mean its being raised to proper prominence 
in the garden scheme, by being placed at the top of 
a platform formed of three circular steps of ample 
proportion and suitable height, that its pedestal is 
also of the right size and not so high but one can, 
when standing on the top step, read with ease the 
dial’s response to our question, “ What’s the time 
o’ the day ? ” The hedges and walls of Honeysuckle, 
Roses, and other flowering vines that surround this 
garden have thriven wonderfully in the five years of 
the garden’s life, and look like settings of many 
years. The simple but graceful wall seat gives 
