good and profitable; but where He blesseth, there 

 all things grow plentifully, and are fruitful. 



Martin Luther. 

 _ God, the first garden made, and the first city, 



*^^'"- Abraham Cowley. 



Had Eve a spade in Paradise a,nd known what 

 to do with it, we should not have had all that bad 

 business of the apple. 



"Elizabeth and Her German Garden^ 



[Countess Von Arnim.) 



The hanging gardens of Babylon (gate of God), 

 anciently reckoned among the Seven Wonders of the 

 World, were constructed by Nebuchadnezzar, King 

 of the Jews, about the fifth century before Christ. 

 They stand in history as a testimonial to a woman's 

 influence. Nebuchadnezzar had married him a wife, 

 the Median princess Amytis, whose heart yearned 

 for the hills and trees of her native land, and the 

 monarch, in order to gratify her, raised this prodig- 

 ious structure, 400 feet square, upon the west bank 

 of the river Euphrates, where the ruins are marked 

 even to this day. ^^^^^^^^_ 



The famous pensile gardens of Babylon, built 

 in the midst of the crowded city, were divided into 

 four terraces, each 100 feet wide, the highest adjoin- 

 ing the river ; it rose in [four mighty steps of 20 feet 

 each, to its topmost grade from 80 to 100 feet above 

 the level of the ground. 



Massive piers of brick supported it, and between 

 them ran, entering from each side, twelve vaulted 

 passageways, each 10 feet wide, which were open to 

 traffic, or available for rooms and offices. Over the 

 piers giant blocks of stone were laid to support the 

 .mass above, and these were joined by meshes of 



