302 Dr. Falconer on the Style and 'Tajlc 
Jofephus, to have been one view,* in the 
ere&ing the building in fiich a manner. And 
the fuccefs feems to have been anfwerable, as the 
trees are faid to have flourifhed extremely well, f 
and to have grown as tall as in their native 
lituations. On the whole then, however dif¬ 
ferent thefe may appear from modern gardens, 
I mud confefs, I think they were formed with 
judgment and tafte, and well adapted to the 
lituation and circumftances. 
It appears, from the nature of the ftru&ure, 
that the trees, here, fhould be planted regularly, 
in rows and ranks j but this was alfo in the 
Perfian tafte. The garden of the younger Cyrus 
at Sardis, which was all planted with his own 
* - - - tv Je ton; (3xm\uou; rowroij xvxXrifx.fx.xtx XiBivx vJ/yXot, 
ctvuxoS'op/.rurxi; kxv tr\v o\J/in awoJoy; 0 /x.ovatxtriv ton; opta t xxtx<pti- 
tivxxv; Ihvfytcri orxvtoorxS'oi; eijitpyxo’xto xxv xxtxxxivxxx; tov 
zu?\Ofx.iiiov y.pipj.X!7jov trxpx'tknxav 
Jofeph. contra Apionem, L. I. § 19. Extr. 
•J* To & eS'xQo; i^u/x.xXix/x.ivov TrXr.pa; riv vxvtoS'xtuv <tiv}puv tav 
$vvxfx.svuv xxtx ti to ptiyeQoi; xxi tr,v xXXnv %xptv ton; Sioftivois 
■^v^xytoyriffxi. Diod. L. II, 
Stipites earum o£to cubitorum fpatium craflitudine 
sequent: inquinquaginta pedum altitudinem emineant, et 
frugiferas seque funt, ac fi terra fua alerentur. 
Quint. Curt, L. V, 
hands. 
