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Old Time Gardens 
most richly carved dials are standing ; but in 
America they have become so rare that many peo- 
ple have never seen one. In many of the formal 
gardens planned by our skilled architects, sun-dials 
Two Old Cronies, the Sun-dial and Bee Skepe. 
are now springing afresh like mushroom growth of 
a single night, and some are objects of the greatest 
beauty and interest. 
If the claims of antiquity and historical associa- 
tion have aught to charm us, every sun-dial must 
be assured of our interest. The most primitive 
