Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems (1902)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York; London : Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 332
ful relics from old-time gardens, the Althea, orRose of Sharon. Of course the very essence and being of the sun-dial lies in ample sunshine, still there may be a cer-tain proximity to trees great and small that will addmuch to its graceful existence. Three trees of smallgrowth stood near the white… … Sun-dial at Drumthwacket, Princeton, New Jersey; Country Seat ofM. Taylor Pyne, Esq. were double-flowering Peach trees, and that therebytheir time of beauty would be so multiplied, quad-rupled, in glory. When I saw them in their glo-rious bloom, they were the first double-floweredPeach blossoms…
Sundials · Roses · Rosicrucians
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