A MODERN INDIAN GARDEN 269 



European statues ; their wide, objectless roads, 

 scattered flower-beds, and solitary trees, and,, 

 worst of all in a hot country, their lack of fountains 

 and running water. It is pleasanter to turn 

 to some modern Indian garden, an attempt, 

 perhaps, to reconcile these two opposing styles. 



In the station at which we were recently 

 quartered, a wealthy merchant prince of the 

 Jain caste happened to be rebuilding a large 

 Anglo-Indian bungalow, and turning its grass 

 compound into a garden. It was to be a country 

 retreat, when the heat or the fear of plague drove 

 the family from their high white palace in the 

 town. And very interesting it was to see how 

 they set about the work of reconstruction. 



The position of the house prevented the idea 

 of the four water-ways — ^roads in this case — 

 being carried out in its entirety ; but the first 

 thing that was done was to run a path straight 

 from end to end, replacing a former curving 

 drive. A third road was then made leading up 

 to the centre of the house, which from a solid 

 block had been enlarged into a quadrangle en- 

 closing a purdah garden for the ladies of the 

 family ; for the English fashion of the low outer 

 walls would prevent their enjoyment of the rest 



