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week in June. Many do not know what a beautiful 
Tea Rubens is, unless they have grown it on a wall; 
and some of the hot-season Teas, such as La Boule 
d’Or, Maman Cochet, or Medea, will often succeed 
on a wall, and even not be too early to show, in 
seasons when they fail in the open. 
No wall should be neglected. I have grown the 
best of Teas on the low wall surrounding a deeply 
eravelled stable yard, and have won a medal with 
Souvenir d’Hlise from this hopeless-looking place. 
I have in such cases planted the stock against the 
wall and budded it there, with no preparation of the 
soil. The stock rooted itself firmly and strongly, and 
when the Rose began to grow I found that a big basin 
or depression in the soil round the root and plenti- 
ful supplies of liquid manure were sufficient for the 
production of capital growth and splendid blooms. 
Walls facing due South are not, however, to be 
commended for the climbing Roses, except perhaps 
in the more northerly parts of the country: the full 
strength of the sun in cloudless summer days is too 
much for them; the flowers come out in a rush and 
are soon over, and the plant is too imuch forced and 
exhausted to furnish much autumn bloom. 
Apart from walls or buildings, the question of 
shelter is a difficult one; for it must be carefully 
remembered that the neighbourhood of trees, shrubs, 
or hedges whose roots can reach the beds, and also 
all actual shade, should be sedulously avoided. 
And, again, the situation must be quite free and 
open, not close and stuffy; and if no shelter what- 
ever can be had, the finest Roses can still be grown, 
for the grounds of nurserymen, even those who are 
most successful at the shows, are absolutely open 
