266 VINES 
The best pink rose, of precisely the same type, 
is Dorothy Perkins. Pink Roamer contests the 
place of honour among the pink-flowered varie- 
ties, but the blossoms are small, though so very 
numerous that the plant in its season is a solid 
mass of bloom. Another drawback is that it 
is greatly relished by the rose bug, which seems 
to attack it with special vigour. It flowers in 
early June. Other good pinks of the rambler 
type are Dawson, which is double, and Wedding 
Bells, which has semi-double flowers with white 
centres. Heléne is a deep-rose colour, single and 
very fragrant, greatly resembling the type, 
Rosa multiflora, which produces its profusion 
of pure-white flowers in immense trusses about 
the middle of June. 
The best white rose of this type is the White 
Rambler (Thalia) and the best yellow is the 
~ Yellow Rambler (Aglaia). Both flower at about 
the same time as Crimson Rambler, possibly a 
few days later. 
INTERMEDIATE-BLOOMING ROSES 
The second group, or intermediate-blooming 
climbing roses, which closely follow upon those 
of the early or multi-flowered group in June, are 
also derivatives from our beautiful native prairie 
