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x>st attractive spots in all London. The 

 id House increased as time went on, 

 L^ most brilliant days were during the m 

 third Lord Holland, when Lady Holland u 

 all the wit and fashion of London . to her salon. 

 Although it is no longer a country place, and thoi :^h 

 no ' ' ymen have to be braved to reach it, and 

 tho. _, - 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 

 ^ len, the flowers look so clean and fresh. The I 



§ , :a into the rose garden from the lawn, which .._. 

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

 O that prettv ne Testout. To the 



O house ' 



* and ladies in hoops and powder, moving among the 

 Q south, the wide terrace shown 



g ,1 vv.i- i.-ia-- 111 1848, when the footpath was 



•-Q I the entrance to the house changed to the 



•^ eastern side. The stone basin in the centre was put 

 2 y the late Lord Ilchcster. The hybrid water-lilies, 



^j ' by Ma''" well in it, r. -^- - '^ - 



tC , but 1 fu\ of the Sr- 



'>tsis has flowered ' on the 



8 one side of 

 the and IS covered witn a tangle of ivy, afl^ 



a ci.a,.i>i..g view over the Dutch garden. Beyi ..^ 

 is the old ballroom, orangery and garden enclosed by 

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

 the Di and orangery, and the Italian garden 



whr • in itself as complete a contrast to the 



