CLIMBING ROSES AS VINES 273 
is strangely subject to what is called canker, 
and is therefore considered a difficult rose to 
grow. 
The best of all the tender climbing roses, how- 
ever, for delicacy of colour and perfection of 
form in the flower, is Maréchal Niel, the richest 
pure yellow of any flower of the family. The 
buds are pointed, about two, to two and a half 
inches long, and, true to its family characteristic 
as a Noisette rose, the flowers are produced in 
clusters. 
In the neighbourhood of New York, I have 
found the varieties named in the table in Chap- 
ter XXI thoroughly satisfactory, the list being a 
fairly complete one for this latitude; my prefer- 
ence, however, is for those given in the preceding 
paragraphs. 
