The gate to the botanical garden

the botanical garden is one of the wonders of this city. Exotic plants, replanting of which are part of the civilising of the natives, perhaps.. mauve jacarandas, pink tabebuias, yellow copper pods..none of them grow in england, but from her different colonies and now the raj effects a sharing, an exchange. women with white mogra and jasmine in their hair in the native quarters. in the planned parts of the cities, vistas of pink, mauve and yellow flowers and women in pale clothes walking those pavements.