140 A BOOK ABOUT ROSES. 



southern wall. In all these cases I should prefer to plant 

 Rose-trees upon their own roots, if I could have them 

 strong and clean : in the last case this condition is insepar- 

 able from a successful issue. 



It must, however, be borne in mind, that in the major- 

 ity of cases there is neither the place nor the patience for 

 these specimens. Climbing Roses are required, as a rule, 

 to do their work quickly ; and we will therefore proceed 

 to consider those varieties which have been selected by 

 the Rose-merchants, and proposed to us in their cata- 

 logues, for this purpose — the Ayrshire, the Evergreen, the 

 Banksian, the Boursault, the Multiflora, and the Hybrid 

 Climbing. 



The Ayrshire and Evergreen Roses — it should be, Ever- 

 gi'eeji, if the zveather permit — have many claims upon our 

 grateful admiration. If we have an ugly, red-faced, staring 

 wall, which seems to glory in its ugliness, they will hide its 

 deformities more quickly than any other Rose or any other 

 creeper with which I have acquaintance. Only give them 

 a good start, as you give an Irishman ''jist a hint" of 

 whisky before you send him on an errand ; and, however 

 adverse the position or the aspect, off they go like lamp- 

 lighters. With their shining leaves, and their pretty clus- 



