text: " The plan of these gardens however intersected by parallel walks with gutters on each side to convey water into the intermediate squares was so much at variance with Mrs Poole's English notions of horticulture that she was almost tempted to conclude "that a garden in Egypt was not worth cultivation--so much for national prejudice!" As it was indispensable for the health of the children that their residence should be fixed in the outskirts of the city some delay was experienced in finding a permanent abode; but at the end of a month they considered themselves fortunate in engaging a house "infinitely beyond the usual run " in the most healthy and cheerful quarter for which the rent demanded by the landlady (who bore the picturesque name of Lalah-Zar or _Bed of Tulips_ ) was only L