OH PYRAMIDS OF ROS£S. 275 



of the garden, or taste of the proprietor. The standard Roses give 

 a fine effect to a hed of Roses by being planted in the middle, 

 forming a pyramidal bed, or alone on grass lawns ; but the ne plus 

 ultra of a pyramid of Roses is that formed of from one, two, or 

 three ])lants, forming a pyramid by being trained up three strong 

 stakes, to any- length from 10 to 25 feet high (as may suit situa- 

 tion or taste), placed about two feet apart at the bottom ; three 

 forming an angle on the ground, and meeting close together at the 

 top; the plant, or plants, to be planted inside the stakes. In two 

 or three years, they will form a pyramid of Roses which baffle3 all 

 description. Of course, the plants are to be selected the proper 

 sorts for such pyramids, viz. those which will grow from six to 

 twelve feet in one season, and next season fill with immense num- 

 bers of spurs or lateral branches, which make the whole from the 

 ground to the top a complete mass of flowers, Let no one startle 

 at the idea of twelve feet in one season as hyperbolical : I have 

 now (this year 1835) in my Botanic Garden several with shoots 

 of the above dimensions, and some of which had in last July (only 

 two years from planting small pot plants) from 300 to 400 Rose 

 buds upon them at once. When gardens are small, and the owners 

 are desirous of having multum in parvo, three or four may be 

 planted to form one pyramid ; and this is not the only object of 

 planting more sorts than one together, but the beauty is also much 

 increased by the mingled hues of the varieties planted. For in- 

 stance, plant together a white Boursault, a purple Noisette, a 

 Stadtholder, Sinensis (fine pink), and a Moschata scandens ; and 

 such a variety may be obtained, that twenty pyramids may have 

 each three or four kinds, and no two sorls alike on the whole 

 twenty pyramids. A temple of Roses, planted in the same way, 

 has a beautiful appearance in a flower garden — that is, eight, ten, 

 <>r twelve Btout peeled Larch poles, well painted, set in the ground, 

 with a light iron rafter from each, meeting at the top and forming 

 a dome. An old cable, or other old rope, twisted round the pillar 

 and iron, lives an additional In auty to the whole. Then plant 

 against the pillars with two or three varieties, each of which will 

 toon run up tin' pillars, and form a pretty mass of Roses, which 

 amply repays for the trouU" and expense, by the ck-gancc it gives 

 to the garden. Wm. Uahrait. 



St. John't Botanit Qardttu, Wakifiilth 



