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out the summer instead of only for a few weeks in June 

 or July. Some are admirable for arches, but gener- 

 ally they are best on warm walls. If thus they take 

 up the best positions in the garden, one has the satisfac- 

 tion of knowing that nothing else could clothe them 

 more attractively or with more fascinating flowers. 

 The very first climbing rose 1 ever grew was the old 

 Reine Marie Henriette, commonly known as the " Red 

 Glory," or, in other words, the Red Gloire de Dijon. It 

 has shapely buds, of fair size and red colouring. My plant 

 was on the house wall facing due west. I always ex- 

 pected (and rarely was disappointed) to gather the first 

 blossoms late in May and the last in November or Decem- 

 ber, and whole posies in between. This variety has a 

 fault, but it is only that of most red roses, which on 

 fading take on a depressing purplish tint. This, how- 

 ever, soon ensures their being cut off, so the evil is not 

 a very great one. Reine Marie Henriette is a type of 

 the climbing Hybrid Tea, but it is one of the oldest, 

 and there are now very many better varieties. 



Just a word as to the pruning of these climbing 

 Hybrid Teas, for the correct use of the knife is of great 

 importance. In the March following planting all shoots 

 should be cut down to within three or four inches of the 

 soil. If this is not done the stems are liable to become 

 bare at the base. Even under proper treatment they are 

 inclined to develop this unsatisfactory tendency, and for 

 this reason I half hesitate to recommend them to the 

 real beginner, yet they are so very charming for house 

 walls and garden fences. Several shoots will develop 



