CHAPTER XVI 



SOME OLD-FASHIONED CLIMBING ROSES 



One often hears the Rambler roses referred to as though 

 they were of modern introduction. It is true that the 

 Crimson Rambler gave an impetus to this class of rose 

 when sent out some twenty years ago, and since then 

 we have had Dorothy Perkins and innumerable others 

 that have quite changed the appearance of rose gardens. 

 Nevertheless, there were climbing roses generations 

 ago, many of them of such value that they are still 

 grown to-day, though overshadowed by the modern 

 varieties. 



The Ayrshire Roses are a delightful group. Their 

 slender shoots depend with natural grace and form an 

 elegant plant, especially when budded upon tall stems. 

 In many large gardens weeping standards of Ayrshire 

 Roses form a charming feature. Bennett's Seedling is 

 one of the best. It becomes simply smothered with small 

 white blossoms. 



The writer once saw a plant of this rose growing in 

 a park, and apparently untended, that had a circum- 

 ference of one hundred and twenty feet. Dundee Rambler 

 is scarcely worth growing, as it is little better than the 

 hedgerow roses, but Ruga is delightful. It somewhat 



resembles a Tea rose in growth and bloom, and is 



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