The trees were planted to carry out and emphasise the general lines of the garden very much as is described in the garden of Mahun, where the planes and cypress trees formed the background to the rose bushes and flowers bordering the stream. Round the outer walls also avenues of trees were planted, while the square plots intersected by the watercourses were filled with fruit trees and elaborate parterres of flowers. There were shady walks, pergolas of vines and flowers; here and there were open squares of turf shaded by large trees planted at the corners, or having one central chenar or mango tree surrounded by a raised platform of masonry or grass, which formed a free space for feasts and gatherings such as the Mughals loved. Here they could recline at ease on the soft turf, or, seated on brilliant carpets, enjoy the charm of conversation and the hookah, and indulge in musical parties, or while away the cool evenings with recitations from the favourite Persian and Turki poets, or by chanting rhymes of their own devising, such as Babar's first ghazel (ode), which, he tells us, he composed under the chenars of the garden of Burak:-
'I have found no faithful friend in the world but my soul, Except my own heart I have no trusty confidant.'
