. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . d, has a dial in his vicaragegarden at Pakenham set on a part of the balustrade ofLondon Bridge. The bridge was taken down in 1832. I have known twice of using as a dial pedestalthe stone roller of a worn garden or lawn roller ofthe old-fashioned type. Set on end firmly into theground, and with a well-designed brass dial-facecovering the other end, it was a very satisfactorypillar, and carried withit that pleasant sense ofa decorous and not use-less end of the days
. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . d, has a dial in his vicaragegarden at Pakenham set on a part of the balustrade ofLondon Bridge. The bridge was taken down in 1832. I have known twice of using as a dial pedestalthe stone roller of a worn garden or lawn roller ofthe old-fashioned type. Set on end firmly into theground, and with a well-designed brass dial-facecovering the other end, it was a very satisfactorypillar, and carried withit that pleasant sense ofa decorous and not use-less end of the days fora faithful old servant,albeit of senseless stone,which one feels also fora worn old mill-stoneturned into a doorstep ;for a well-curb madeinto a flower-stand ; orfor an old Dutch wind-mill transformed to ahouse for garden tools. The richest pedestalsare, of course, those ofcarved figures, suited Theonly to very rich andpretentious gardens. Their cost, whether of marble,stone, metal, or even wood, would prevent their ap-pearance anywhere save in such gardens. A kneelingfigure supporting a dial on the head was popular, see. loor, Enfield Old Park,Middlesex. 216 and Roses of Yesterday page 215. These were sometimes cast in lead. Onewhich stood in the garden of Clements Inn, and isnow in the gardens of the Inner Temple on theThames embankment, is a negro figure and has been known as The is said that there werein the eighteenth cen-tury a number of stat-uaries, lead-casters,whose works were be-tween Piccadilly, ParkLane, and DevonshireHouse; one of thesemen, John van Nost,made this Moor hisfavorite design. At Belton House,near Grantham, thereis a worn dial in EarlBrownlows garden, sup-ported by two figures,Old Time and Cupid. This dial, with its quaintlygrotesque figures, is shown on page 198. A uniquedial is the famous old Turks Head given onanother page. At Windsor, near the Star Build-ing, stands a sun-dial with a highly carved mar-ble pedestal, which is sa
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