The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c26.142

v1.c26.142

in which were tame peacocks and pheasants....There were shady groves and trees set in clumps and branches woven together by some special cunning of horticulture. And the more impressive thing about the beauty of that climate is that the trees themselves are of the sort that are always green; they never grow old and never shed their leaves. Some of them are native, and some are brought from other lands with great care, and these adorn the place and give it glory—only not the