314 THE BOOK OF THE ROSE CHAP. 
Evergreens, are the quickest and longest growers of 
all Roses, blooming in clusters in the summer only. 
There is nothing to equal them for. quickly and 
thickly covering a space, either for walls, pillars, 
arches, pergolas, or even as hedges by themselves. 
Trained a little at first to grow among the branches 
of a half-dead tree, they should then be left to them- 
selves, and the highest shoots will hang down when 
no longer supported, and will be a mass of bloom for 
a short time in the following summer. They will 
cover an ordinary-sized summer-house, forming in 
time a deep, thick mat all over the roof. Budded on 
Standard stocks 8 or 9 feet high they make the most 
perfect weeping Roses, at last quite hiding the stems, 
and becoming huge bushes. They differ but little, 
except in colour, which can be learnt from the 
Catalogues. Among the best known are :—Ayrshire, 
Dundee Rambler and Splendens ; Bennett's seedling 
or Thoresbyana: Evergreen, Félicité et Perpétue 
and Madame D’Arblay. 
Banksias.—Tender Roses, which require a warm 
wall, and must not be pruned or even tipped, only the 
dead and unwanted wood being cut out. They will 
not flower much till well established, and have quite 
small blooms in large clusters. There are only two 
varieties, in general cultivation, the White (Kew, 
1807), very sweetly and characteristically scented, and 
the Yellow (R. H. S., 1824), with smaller, scentless 
flowers, but more of them. 
Blush Rambler (B. R. Cant & Sons, 1903).—This 
beautiful Rose is quite the best of the descendants 
of Crimson Rambler. Very strong in growth, 
producing large clusters of beautiful apple blossom- 
like flowers—single, but lasting well on the plant. 
One of the best for pillar, pergola or hedge. It has 
