340 LONDON PARKS & GARDENS 
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, affords 
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 
