234 A BOOK OF ENGLISH GARDENS 



in one Garden, but kept completely apart. With 

 this marvellous nation, to attempt is to succeed, 

 and their Gardens possess not only artistic value 

 but practical merit. 



The Japanese Garden at Holland House is very 

 charming ; there is, of course, an old Stone 

 Lantern, of grey granite, quaintly carved and 

 dating back four hundred years ; no Japanese 

 Garden being complete without one. It stands at 

 the top of a sloping Lawn, planted with numerous 

 flowers and shrubs, such as Bamboos, Yuccas, 

 endless varieties of Lilies, Hydrangeas, Chrysan- 

 themums, Roses, Dracaenas, and various kinds of 

 Grasses. The little stream from the Rock Garden 

 runs down through the Lawn, between the cleverly- 

 placed stepping-stones, clear and rippling and 

 bordered by plants, till it reaches a basin, covered 

 with pure white Water Lilies, which can be 

 crossed in the correct Japanese way by stepping- 

 stones, or by a little rustic bridge ; while below it 

 lies another Lawn even greener than the last 

 (well might Pepys exclaim at the beauty " of the 

 green of England no way to be found in 

 France ! "), and planted with standard Wistaria, 

 feathery Bamboos, and the lovely Japanese Iris 

 Ksempferi. 



At the foot of the second Lawn lies another 

 pool or basin of water covered with rose-coloured 

 Marliac Water Lilies. 



