140 GARDENS OF THE PLAINS LAHORE 



a plum or apple tree replaced the orange trees 

 and banhina. 



The two other parterres illustrated here are 

 taken from Mughal gardens at Udaipur. The 

 Emperor Jahangir as a young man, before he came 

 to the throne, constructed several gardens there. 

 The first design, though probably not of his time, 

 is in the same style which he introduced into 

 Rajputana. The flower-beds are worked out in 

 bricks like those at Lahore but are covered with 

 a fine polished plaster, and the design shows 

 at a glance the origin of the Persian floral 

 carpet patterns. The lake water flows into the 

 spaces forming the ground of the design. There 

 are platforms on which to sit and enjoy the 

 colours of the living carpet, and in the centre is a 

 small marble pavilion for musicians. A marble 

 platform with beds for trees surrounds the 

 garden, and the pavilions on each of its four sides 

 look out over the lake. 



The courtyard parterre is a typical specimen 

 of a small zenana garden. Geometric flower-beds 

 panelled by slabs of marble surround the central 

 tank. A perforated marble rail encloses the 

 flower-plots, and four cypresses mark the outer 

 corners. 



