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The ground and supports being prepared, a selection may be made 

 from the list subjoined of varieties, vigorous and beautiful (as the 

 recruiting sergeant picks out for the Guards the more robust examples 

 of humanity) ; and these, whether on their own roots, or worked upon 

 brier or manetti stocks, according to their habit and the character of 

 the soil, should be planted in IN^ovember, and safely tied to their rods. 

 Tarred twine is the best material for the latter purpose, being cheap, 

 durable, and to be had in different thicknesses, according to the 

 strength required. Prune closely in the following March, removing 

 three-fourths of your wood, so as to insure a grand growth in the 

 summer, which, moderately shortened in the succeeding spring, should 

 furnish your pillar, from soil to summit, with flowering lateral shoots. 

 By the time your tree has attained the dimensions required, your 

 observation will have taught you how, for the future, so to prune it 

 that you may be sure of an annual bloom, cutting away all weakly 

 wood, and regulating the general growth with an eye both to form 

 and florescence. As with a Vine, only put a strong cane into a rich 

 border, use the knife courageously, and be sure of Grapes. 



As single specimens of Pillar Roses, the following may be tried with 

 confidence : — 

 Anna Alexieff* free in growth, in foliage, and flowers — the latter of a fresh 



pure rose-colour, which makes the tree very distinct and charming. 

 Auguste Mie, an old favourite, having well -shaped globular flowers, of a deli- 

 cate pearly -pink complexion, and blooming freely both in summer and 

 autumn. 

 Baronne Prevost, another noble, vigorous old lady, still holding her own in 

 general society, if not at levees and balls {i.e., at the Rose shows). The 

 flowers are very large, fragrant, and of a true rose-colour. Colonel Rouge- 

 mont, closely resembling the Baroness, and in some points superior, is of a 

 more weakly condition, and therefore less adapted for a Pillar Rose. 

 Caroline de Sansales, with outer petals of a pale flesh colour, deepening to- 

 wards the centre, is a very lovely Rose, and still among the best of our light - 

 coloured varieties. 

 Comte de Nanteuil, from its abundance, depth, and arrangement of petal, is quite 

 one of our best show Roses, although its complexion — bright rose on the tree — 

 ^'rose vif," as the French term it — does not pass through the ordeal of exhibi- 

 tion so triumphantly as its grand and graceful form. 

 Duchesse de Camhaceres, of robust habit (if Her Grace will pardon the expres- 

 sion), profuse and continuous in bloom ; makes an admirable Pillar Rose. So 

 do the two other Graces, namely : — 

 Diichess of Norfolk,'^ with her bright, deep crimson flowers, her large and glossy 

 leaves, and 



* All the Roses in this list, except Gloire de Bourdeaux, Gloire de Dijon, and 

 Jaune Desprez, are of the Hybrid Perpetual family. 



+ This Rose grows wonderfully on the manetti, and I received some years ago 

 from Messrs Wood, of Maresfield, two specimens, which had made, in their first 

 summer, shoots 18 feet long from the "bud." 



