342 LONDON PARKS & GARDENS 
called “ Dalea ” by Linnaeus, after Dr. Samuel Dale, who 
died in 1739, a well-known botanist and friend of Ray. 
The dahlia was named long after in honour of the 
Swedish botanist Dahl. 
The so-called “Japanese garden” was made by the 
late Lord Ilchester. It is extremely pretty, but is 
entirely an English idea of what a Japanese garden is 
like, and, however pleasing it may be to the uninitiated, 
would probably shock the Japanese gardener, who is 
guided by as precise rules in his garden, as the painter 
in his art. In Japan the rules governing the laying-out 
of a garden are so exact that, apparently, it requires 
years of study to acquire the rudiments. The Japanese 
garden at Holland House, which is pleasing to the 
English eye, consists of a little stream descending 
through grassy lawns, with groups of plants, a stone 
lantern, and rustic bridges, and water plants at each 
little pond. The delightful Iris k^mpferi flowers well, 
and yuccas, which, by the way, come from America, 
and not Japan; neither do Aralia spinosa or Saxifraga 
peltata , which together form charming groups, with 
auratum lilies in the summer and other Japanese plants. 
The French hybrid water-lilies, of varying shades of 
pink, red, and yellow, here too make a picture, with 
their brilliant blossoms floating on the miniature pools 
—while bamboos, maples, and eulalias, true natives of 
Japan, make a soft and feathery background. Above 
the Japanese garden there is a well-furnished rock 
garden, and between that and the roses, which make 
such a grand display on the north of the house, green 
walks through rhododendrons and flowering shrubs 
unite the gardens. There are some really fine trees, 
as well as all the charming flowers, in the grounds. 
