Brewer's: Garden

(g hard). The garden of Joseph of Arimathea is said to be the spot where the rotunda of the Holy Sepulchre now stands.

The Garden

or Garden Sect. The disciples of Epicurus, who taught in his own private garden.

“Epicurus in his garden was languid; the birds of the air have more enjoyment of their food.” —Ecce Homo.

Garden of England. Worcestershire and Kent are both so called. Garden of Europe. Italy.

Garden of France.

Amboise, in the department of Indre-et-Loire. Garden of India. Oude.

Garden of Ireland.

Carlow. Garden of Italy. The island of Sicily. Garden of South Wales. The southern division of Glamorganshire. Garden of Spain. Andalusia.

Garden of the Sun.

The East Indian (or Malayan) archipelago. Garden of the West. Illinois; Kansas is also so called. Garden of the World. The region of the Mississippi.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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