240 THE LOTUS OF THE GOOD LAW 



and transformed ; but regardless of climate, 

 to try and transplant bodily a whole national 

 style, whether it be from Japan to England, or 

 from England back to India, is an obvious 

 mistake. Yet so-called Japanese gardens are 

 planted in England without the spirit of their 

 Buddhist symbolism, or the need of their wooden 

 earthquake-proof houses ; open mid -Victorian 

 parks and gardens are planned in India without 

 the possibilities of the flowers in the long grass 

 and the fine green English turf ; when all the 

 time, climate and nationality are the very pith 

 and soul of garden craft, just as character is the 

 core of individual personal charm. 



