There must have been, on the whole, a deficiency of timber, though the palms of the low tract, and the oaks, planes, chenars or sycamores, poplars, and willows of the mountain regions sufficed for the wants of the natives.

Not much fuel was required, and stone was the general material used for building.

Among the fruits for which Persia was famous are especially noted the peach, the walnut, and the citron.

The walnut bore among the Romans the appellation of "royal." Persia, like Media, was a good nursery for horses.

Fine grazing grounds existed in many parts of the mountain region, and for horses of the Arab breed even the Deshtistan was not unsuited.