Perelandra

Garden of the Hesperides

He opened his eyes and saw a strange heraldically coloured tree loaded with yellow fruits and silver leaves. Round the base of the indigo stem was coiled a small dragon covered with scales of red and gold. He recognized the garden of the Hesperides at once.....It was a creature of the lizard type, about the size of a St. Bernard dog, with a serrated back. Its eyes were open.