NOVEMBER 



IRISH GARDENING 



169 



some important part of the garden or grounds. 

 The path may be of gravel or grass, and in 

 some instances stone flags are suitable. The 

 structure itself is best formed of wood, the 

 uprights at suitable distances, according to 



one a strong growing rambler to furnish the 

 top, the other belonging to a type known as 

 pillar roses, examples of which are Ards Pillar, 

 a crimson variety ; Una, a single pale yellow ; 

 Mons Desir, a deep crimson. Needless to say, 



the length of the walk, the top rails and cross there are scores of other varieties, and probably 



pieces securely joined, and the whole made rigid. 



In the furnishing of pergolas many of the shrubs 



for walls mentioned in previous issues may be 



used ; in addition, the very important class of 



rambling roses furnishes excellent material, 



and magnificent displays 



are obtained annually 



from this class alone. 



There are now so 

 many varieties of ram- 

 blers that it would be 

 easy to furnish a very 

 long pergola with these 

 alone. Most people, 

 however, will prefer a 

 fair number of other 

 shrubs as well to lend 

 additional interest and 

 beauty at seasons when 

 the roses are not in full 

 glory. Fortunately there 

 is plenty of material 

 available. For the assist- 

 ance of readers whose 

 knowledge of rambling 

 roses is limited, I ap- 

 pend a short list of 

 some of the more 

 popular sorts at present 

 in vogue : — Dorothy 

 Perkins, a free-grow- 

 ing variety with clus 

 ters of pink flowers ; 



Lady Gay, somewhat similar, but with larger 

 trusses of cherry-pink flowers ; Hiawatha, 

 with clusters of single crimson blooms -all 

 three being evergreen to a considerable degree. 

 Other good sorts are Blush Rambler, with 

 pink flowers ; Carmine Pillar, with large ros\- 

 carmine flowers ; luiphrosine, with carmine 

 red clusters ; the Dawson rose, with pale 

 rose blossoms ; Leuchstern, flowers pink, with 

 white centres ; Psyche, with rosy pink llowers 

 suff'used with salmon ; Tea Rambler, a very 

 lovely strong grower, producing large clusters 

 of salmon-pink flowers. It is not unusual to 

 find two roses planted at one pillar or upright. 



Clemati 



photograph of a plai 



no two persons would select the same kinds. 

 Other excellent shrubs for pergolas and arches 

 are some of the rambling kinds of clematises. 

 C. Montana wreathes itself in pure white blos- 

 soms every spring, and finds a worthy com- 

 panion in the pink 

 variety, C. Montana 

 reubens. Through sum- 

 mer there are numerous 

 kinds which make a fine 

 display under suitable 

 conditions, while in late 

 summer and autumn 

 C. Jackmanni bears a 

 profusion of purple blos- 

 soms, and in October 

 C. flammula, an excellent 

 species for a screen, is 

 covered with mxriads oi' 

 small white flowers. 



The Wistarias, too, 

 are charming in warm 

 situations, and make 

 beautiful efi'ects when 

 well furnished with 

 racemes of pale blue, 

 pink, or white flowers. 

 Some of the climbing 

 honeysuckles are excel- 

 lent for pergolas and 

 arches. A fair selection 

 would include Lonicera 

 Periclymenum, the com- 

 mon woodbine ; L. japonica, and the variety 

 Halliani, L, brachypoda, a fine yellow-flowered 

 form, really a variety of L. japonica and L. 

 sempervirens, the Trumpet Honeysuckle. 



Of vines there is a large selection, including 

 X'itis flexuosa and variety Wilsoni, V. armata, 

 \'. Cognetiai, W heterophylhi, W Thomsoni, \'. 

 e|uinquefolia, &c. 



Several o[' tlie jasmines may be eff'ectively 

 used, notably j. oflicinale, the old-fashioned 

 white-flowered jasmine, and j. huniile, the 

 yellow-flowered form. 



Other useful subjects are the Actinidias turn- 

 ing shrubs, with handsome foliage and flowers. 



Montana. 



in Messrs. Wats^ 



Nur 



