. Gardens for small country houses . Gardens, English. Sundials and Seats. '-Z^ catch the rays of the westering sun. The hour of sunset is the time which chiefly brings out the beauties of a rose garden, and very admirable this statue looks as the late glow emphasises the strong modelling of the face, and an almost archaic sim- plicity in the heavy folds of the robe. The garden at The Vineyards, Great Baddow, shows a good example of a sundial placed on a circle paved with mingled brick and stone, radially set, which' breaks a long gravel walk (Fig. 3/^7). Another sundial which owes much of its
. Gardens for small country houses . Gardens, English. Sundials and Seats. '-Z^ catch the rays of the westering sun. The hour of sunset is the time which chiefly brings out the beauties of a rose garden, and very admirable this statue looks as the late glow emphasises the strong modelling of the face, and an almost archaic sim- plicity in the heavy folds of the robe. The garden at The Vineyards, Great Baddow, shows a good example of a sundial placed on a circle paved with mingled brick and stone, radially set, which' breaks a long gravel walk (Fig. 3/^7). Another sundial which owes much of its charm to its setting on a broad expanse of circular brick paving is at Saighton Grange (See Chapter XV). There is a certain reasonableness in grouping in one chapter " Sundials and ; In days of universal watches the function of the sundial is to be decorative and to stimulate gentle moralising. For the latter employment the best authorities are agreed that it is well to be comfortable in body, not always an easy thing to be contrived in a garden. For sheer comfort there is no doubt that something of flimsy appearance, made of canvas and a few sticks or of basket-work, is best; but both. FIG- 345-—THE GAME OF ";. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932; Weaver, Lawrence, Sir, 1876-. London : Published at the offices of Country Life . .. and by George Newnes . .. ; New York : Charles Scribner's Sons
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