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the waterfalls ; and many other forms of Indian 

 garden-craft revived in the country of their 

 origin, where now they pass almost unnoticed. 



The purdah garden at Pinjor and the terrace 

 above it both illustrate the present indifference 

 to the art of garden-design in India, and its de- 

 cadence. For here, as I was informed, a " trained 

 gardener " from Saharanpur College had been 

 in charge for a time — ^the maker, I promptly 

 guessed, of the approach outside. Inside, his 

 handiwork was plainly to be seen. There were 

 winding paths ; the usual unmeaning little flower- 

 beds dotted about ; the same attempt at mown 

 grass everywhere, instead of having a little 

 laid down quite formally, and keeping that little 

 perfect, like some square of precious emerald 

 green carpet, such as the " grass plots all covered 

 with clover " in which the Emperor Babar took 

 so great a delight. There was even a tumble- 

 down greenhouse that had been built over one 

 of the old chabutras. Happily the gardener had 

 departed some time ago, and the grass and trees 

 were rapidly returning to their former wild 

 luxuriance. 



A very just remark was made to me by an 

 Indian gentleman discussing this matter : " You 



