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is one of the most attractive spots in all London. The 

 fame of Holland House increased as time went on, and 

 some of its most brilliant days were during the time 

 of the third Lord Holland, when Lady Holland drew 

 all the wit and fashion of London to her salon. 

 Although it is no longer a country place, and though 

 no highwaymen have to be braved to reach it, and 

 though its surroundings are completely changed, the 

 garden of Holland House was never more beautiful 

 than it is to-day. It is easy to forget it is a London 

 garden, the flowers look so clean and fresh. The long 

 vista into the rose garden from the lawn, which lies 

 to the north, is flanked on either side with pink roses, 

 that pretty free-flowering Caroline Testout. To the 

 west, overlooking the Dutch garden, the view is even 

 more attractive, and the garden so well harmonises with 

 the house that it is easy to picture the beaux in wigs, 

 and ladies in hoops and powder, moving among the 

 box-edged beds. On the south, the wide terrace shown 

 in the sketch was made in 1848, when the footpath was 

 altered and the entrance to the house changed to the 

 eastern side. The stone basin in the centre was put 

 in by the late Lord Ilchester. The hybrid water-lilies, 

 raised by Marliac, grow well in it, and that rather 

 delicate, but most beautiful of the Sagittarias, monte- 

 vidensis has flowered there. The raised terrace on the 

 arches of the old stables, which encloses one side of 

 the garden and is covered with a tangle of ivy, aflFords 

 a charming view over the Dutch garden. Beyond 

 is the old ballroom, orangery and garden enclosed by 

 arches of cut limes. A terrace runs to the south of 

 the Dutch garden and orangery, and the Italian garden 

 which lies here is in itself as complete a contrast to the 



