86 THE ROSE BOOK 



a bag of soot or horse or cow manure in a large tub 

 of water, diluted with an equal quantity of water 

 before use. 



It is not often that one sees pillar roses really well 

 grown, yet they are very beautiful, and it is only as 

 pillar roses that some varieties are seen at their best. 

 I have, I think, never seen a more brilliant rose picture 

 than in a garden at Bath a few years ago, where the 

 variety Wallflower, having large bright-red blooms, was 

 grown on poles. The latter were smothered in gorgeous 

 colouring — so free were the flowers that the leaves were 

 almost hidden. Few beginners realise that the rose is 

 what gardeners call a " gross-feeding " plant, that is to 

 say, it can scarcely be given too much plant food of 

 the right sort when it is established, and pillar roses are 

 especially benefited by this treatment. 



