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THE GARDENER'S MONTHLY 



[July. 



pegs driven well into the earth, and the meshes 

 of the screen filled in with stones projecting from 

 3 to 6 inches (each mesh or opening holding a 

 single stone), the whole to be covered with the 

 English ivy, the wistaria, trumpet creeper, matri- 

 mony vine, etc. 



Tlie top of the bank could have a thorn hedge 

 for the protection of the screen, and to give 

 the whole a finished appearance. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



Standard Roses. — It is well known that Stand- 

 ard Roses, as they are called in Europe, and 

 which give so great a charm to European gardens. 



are almost a failure in our country. But we are 

 satisfied from some observation and continued 

 experience that there is no reason why they 

 should be such absolute failures as they are. 



One thing has always to be borne in mind, that 

 the drying influence of the atmosphere is much 

 greater here than in Europe. In that country a 

 bud is put into a rose stock at three or four feet 

 from the ground, and the next spring the stock 

 is cut back to just above the bud, when it at once 

 pushes out growth and soon makes a head. It 

 would not often do this in our country, because 

 the air is too dry. It takes a pretty large mass of 

 foliage at the top of the stock to pump up the 

 moisture to supply the evaporation of the juices 

 from the stock. AH the leaves that could come 

 out of a single bud in three months would not be 

 sufl[icient. The stock becomes hide-bound — 

 suckers come out from the root, and the plant 

 soon dies. If a mass of foliage could be left on 

 the stock, and the head of the improved kind 

 formed gradually, it could probably be done. 



In addition to this, the stocks for grafting could 

 be planted in places clear from drying winds, and 

 the stock itself selected for its ability to adapt 

 itself to the peculiarities of our climate. Then 

 selections from the hardy kinds would have to 

 be made to keep the heads from dying back. 

 The Prairie Roses would make exceptionally fine 

 tree roses, as with their pendulous branches they 

 would make very gracefully flowing heads. 



We give annexed a cut of a climbing rose 

 grafted into a tall stem, which we find in the 

 French Journal of Roses, and which was taken 

 from a specimen growing in a French cemetery, 

 as .showing how very pretty such a tree rose 

 would be. 



We feel quite sure that there is in the future 

 success for the tree rose experiment in our 

 country, and a good fortune for the man who 

 will successfully inaugurate it. 



An International Park. — The London Times 

 suggests that any surplus in the Geneva award 

 might be devoted to making an International 

 Park of the Falls of Niagara and surroundings. 

 Whether it is done in that way or not, it would 

 be a grand thing for the United States and Canada 

 to do together. The London Garden also has a 

 plea for the International Park idea, and names 

 Mr. Olmsted as the man to carry it out — a re- 

 commendation that would be heartily seconded 

 in America. 



A Flower Sermon. — The English papers tell 

 us that " on Saturday, May 1st, the Rev. Canon 

 Farrar preached a "flower" sermon at the 

 Slough parish church, at which about 1000 

 children, chiefly belonging to the parochial 



