HOLLAND 



Het Loo 



T JET LOO, the Queen of Holland's summer 

 * * residence, is surrounded by shady woods, 

 and the park is a thing of joy to those who love 

 landscape gardening and flowers. 



The flower garden is near the palace, and one of 

 its chief entrances is through a long, rose-covered 

 berceau^ a very bower of bliss ; at the end a 

 marble statue of Flora stands, surrounded by her 

 votaries, pink ramblers twine in garlands near a 

 little babbling brooklet ; on its banks purple iris 

 and forget-me-nots thrive ; while white, yellow, 

 and pink water-lilies lie on a little pond in dreamy 

 coolness, guarded by bulrushes and water-plants 

 which stand sentinel all round. Tall, rare trees 

 (the Sequoias, the Abies glauca, and a fine old 

 Pseudolarix Kaemferi) form a fitting background 

 for the glory of bright blossoms which fill the 



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