258 MOONLIGHT GARDENS 



and the day lotus, or the moon and the white 

 lotus flowers." 



The white blossoming shrubs were grouped 

 to stand out against the dark masses of the en- 

 circling trees; but black and white are not the 

 only shades in the moonlight garden, there is 

 also the red flower of fire. Beautiful colour 

 schemes carried out in lights such as those under 

 the waterfalls at Pinjor in their red and green 

 alcoves, form quite a feature of Indian garden- 

 craft. And how pretty these are when lighted 

 can be realised even from their rather clumsy 

 reproduction in the coloured waterfalls which 

 face the entrance to the Shepherd's Bush " White 

 City." The parterres and platforms also are 

 often outlined with tiny earthen lamps ; on 

 festival occasions the trees are hung with lights ; 

 but the fireflies, which are held to be under the 

 special influence of the moon, are considered the 

 prettiest of evening decorations. 



As the gardens of the Imperial palaces are 

 nearly all transformed or destroyed, one must 

 wander in the great lower garden of Pinjor, or 

 visit the garden-palace of Deeg, to see the beauties 

 and realise the charm of the Mughal gardens of 

 the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The 



