. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . d shouldopen to show somewhat of a Tuhp face. CHAPTER IX PEDESTALS AND GNOMONS ■ A well-built marble pyramid doth standBy which spectators know the time o the dayFrom beams reflecting of the solar ray ;The basis with ascending steps is graced. — The Humours of Co-vent Garden^ ^73^° The style is of iron, time is golden. It passes by like a shadow and returns not. — Translation of Italian Sun-dial Motto. MONG materials for themaking of dial pedestals, many are called
. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . d shouldopen to show somewhat of a Tuhp face. CHAPTER IX PEDESTALS AND GNOMONS ■ A well-built marble pyramid doth standBy which spectators know the time o the dayFrom beams reflecting of the solar ray ;The basis with ascending steps is graced. — The Humours of Co-vent Garden^ ^73^° The style is of iron, time is golden. It passes by like a shadow and returns not. — Translation of Italian Sun-dial Motto. MONG materials for themaking of dial pedestals, many are called, but feware chosen. There are manyother as suitable materialsas wood and common gran-ite. White marble is evergood in a garden when ofmoderate bulk, and of limitalso in the number of pieces shown. As the firstqualification is conformed to in a sun-dial, we needonly add that white marble is ever good for a dialpedestal if of careful and classic design. The coloredmarbles of many lands afford a wonderful choice;the least eccentric of these make the finest pedestals,nor should varied marbles be seen in one pedestal, 206. Pedestals and Gnomons 207 unless of well-studied effect and for special is ample color in the garden without addingbizarre effects in colored marble. There are charm-ing Mexican marbles, not the onyx of upholstererschoice, but red shadedmarbles of wonderfulveining. Many of ourstates have individualgranites. The exquisiteSpanish pink tint ofnatural alabaster is beau-tiful ; but I fear thatstone is too frail forout-door exposure inour climate. An exqui-site sun-dial pillar couldbe cut from the richlytinted cream - coloredsandstone of Ottawa,which is used to sucheffect in the magnificentHouses of Parliamentin Ottawa. The beauti-ful warm red Potsdamand Ohio freestonewhich forms the adorn-ment of these houses isa glorious stone for a sun-dial; it is an allied tintto the natural alabaster. Those who have seen theperfect towers and buttresses and pi
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