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GARDENS OLD AND NEW. 



THE BOX GARDLX TERRACE. 



appears to have suggested to him the improvement 

 of the grounds at Holland House. The oaks 

 scattered over the park are attributed to him, and 

 a still higher proof of his taste was the long green 

 walk which had been an open lawn in former times, 

 but was now planted. It formed a beautiful glade, 



which was the favourite 

 haunt of Charles James 

 Fox, the brilliant younger 

 son of Lord Holland, who 

 loved the place and ever 

 treasured its beauties in 

 his memory. 



The gardens near the 

 house are laid out in a 

 parterre, with quaint for- 

 mality and beautiful 

 character in its green 

 edgings and plenteous 

 growth of flowers. There 

 are statues, leaden vases 

 and choice adornments 

 not surpassed in any 

 other garden, and that 

 the garden architecture is 

 fine will be seen from 

 our pictures. At the end 

 of the flower garden 

 stands an alcove on an 



elevated terrace, and here are two lines in honour 



of Samuel Rogers, who loved the spot : 



Here Rogers sat, and here for ever dwell 

 To me those pleasures that he sings so well. 



The raised terrace, " like some of those which 

 belong to old Genoese palaces," leads from the house 



THE SOUTH-WEST CORNER. 



