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Book: History of Garden Design and Gardening
Chapter: Chapter 5: Gardens in Asia, America, Africa, Australia

Muslim cemeteries

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731. Asiatic cemeteries are almost always without the walls of the towns, and are planted with fine trees, generally cypresses. The custom of strewing the graves with flowers and aromatic shrubs, or planting them near the tombs, is also nearly universal.