Show Gardens in Palestine Gardens In Palestine are found mainly in the environs of the larger towns and owe owa their existence to springs and fountains whose whoso precious waters give life to fruits and flowers orchards parks and pleasure grounds which enter into the oriental conception conception concep concep- tion of Paradise Where no running stream exists they depend for life lite upon upon upon up up- on capacious cisterns which drink drinkwater drinkwater drinkwater water from the rain of heaven They are always carefully and pr protected pro pro- by hedges walls and ditches and the traveler is surprised amid the heat and glare of the Syrian sun to enter their pleasant pathways and find retired and shady nooks under emb embowering embowering w. w ering greenery Their secluded recesses recesses recesses re re- re- re have always been a favorite retort resort for purposes of or devotion They aro art often the gathering place of oC families fam fame and friends ds and the token of peace and security is when a man may sit In safety under his own vine and fig tree Christian Christian Herald i I |