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petals in tribute at the tomb of this Persian 

 scholar and rose-lover. On the grass plots by 

 the river brilliant parterres might be spread, 

 with fruit trees planted formally, for without 

 their changing beauties of fruit and blossom no 

 Moslem or Hindu garden is complete. 



This is a tempting subject on which to enlarge, 

 for apart from the symbolic appropriateness, the 

 mere artistic gain would be great if this garden 

 by the riverside at Agra could be replanted with 

 the same care, skill, and knowledge with which 

 its buildings have been restored. w»^' ^ ^*^' 



The small scale of this garden siiows the old 

 symbolism of the plan very clearly. The central 

 building on its platform, the four springs,^ — in 

 this case four tanks on each side of the platform 

 itself, each containing a single fountain, — and the 

 four watercourses, " the Rivers of Life," which 

 they supply. 



The first time I saw this simple and oldest of 

 all garden-plans, I was vividly reminded of our 

 own early struggles to lay out a garden in the 

 Central Province station whither my husband's 

 military work had temporarily transplanted us. 

 New to India, I had only seen the Enghsh villa 

 gardens of Bombay, green certainly, but feature- 



