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a lot of room, and those whose garden space is limited 

 would do well to train them in the orthodox manner to 

 poles, pillars, and arches. To visit the rose dell at Kew 

 in the month of June is to realise the splendour of dis- 

 play produced by rambling roses grown naturally. Every 

 stem is a trail of clustered blossom, here bewitching in 

 tenderness of tone, there of naming appeal, and all 

 combine in a rose show of incomparable charm. 



Many of the strong-growing Hybrid Perpetuals and 

 Hybrid Teas will form fair-sized plants, four feet or so 

 in height, in the course of a few years, if, after the first 

 spring, they are lightly pruned. There is, of course, the 

 drawback that they may get bare at the base, but this 

 can be circumvented to some extent by cutting down 

 one shoot each spring, by planting in good turfy soil, 

 and by manuring heavily when the roses are established. 

 Under such treatment I have seen splendid bushes of 

 many favourite garden roses. Some that may be relied 

 upon for the purpose are Grace Darling, La France, 

 Caroline Testout, Margaret Dickson, General Jacque- 

 minot, Avoca, Grand Due Adolphe de Luxembourg, 

 Rosslyn, Clio, and Frau Karl Druschki. Such old 

 favourites as W. A. Richardson and Gloire de Dijon 

 yield a wonderful harvest of bloom when allowed to 

 develop as free bushes, the ends of the stems being 

 secured to pegs in the ground to prevent their being 

 blown about and getting damaged by each other. 



There is a great satisfaction in growing roses that 

 smother themselves in blossom, and this should induce 

 every beginner to attempt some of those I have described. 



