. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . ips of herbs, not the rankerherbs such as Rue, Sage, Mint, Pennyroyal, Tansy,and Camomile, for these so overwhelm all others,but there is Sweet Basil, and the pretty Burnet,Costmary or Tongue Plant, and a little Lavender,Sweet Cicely, Summer Savory, Woodruff, Tarragon,Rosemary. There were little low hedges of Boxaround the flower beds, but many declared that theperfume of the Box overwhelmed all other scents,and many did not like it; so to make the sun-dial abelove
. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . ips of herbs, not the rankerherbs such as Rue, Sage, Mint, Pennyroyal, Tansy,and Camomile, for these so overwhelm all others,but there is Sweet Basil, and the pretty Burnet,Costmary or Tongue Plant, and a little Lavender,Sweet Cicely, Summer Savory, Woodruff, Tarragon,Rosemary. There were little low hedges of Boxaround the flower beds, but many declared that theperfume of the Box overwhelmed all other scents,and many did not like it; so to make the sun-dial abeloved resort for all, herbs of universal welcomeonly were kept. This sun-dial has been planted andset but five years, yet it is astonishing how it hasbecome endeared to visitors as well as the family,partly through the power of associations of man writes, J never smell now a bit of RoseGeranium or Verbena without thinking of yoursun-dial and sunlight and summer. A particularly suitable setting for a sun-dial — es-pecially one standing upon a square platform — isto plant Yuccas at the four corners of the m 0) UJ 03 s:O (D C > 3oO T3OO co> o C/5 The Setting of Sun-dials 239
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