CHAPTER XXXIV. 

 STANDARD, CLIMBING, AND POTTED ROSES. 



1997. Standard roses are used to decorate the lawn. Sometimes they are 

 placed irregularly ; at others they are planted at regulated distances round 

 the walks ; at others, again, they occupy the centre of the flower-beds ; and in 

 some instances they fonn separate beds in the rosarium ; the different sizes 

 "being either planted in separate beds, or in rows rising towards the centre : 

 the tallest standards forming the central row, while dwarf bushes pegged 

 down occupy the edges of the bed. In all cases the effect they produce will 

 depend upon the skill with which they are arranged, as to coloui', continuous 

 blooming, and general cultivation. 



1998. Drooping and pillar roses are found among the Ayrshire, Boursault, 

 Evergreen, Banksian, and Hybrids between these and the Chinese roses, all 

 of which are distinguished by their long slender joints and flexible shoots. 

 Potted roses, — that is, roses which flower in perfection under pot-cultivation 

 — are found in every variety of the queen of flowers. 



1999. They may be divided into — 



I. Dwarf standards, having a stem varying from six to twelve inches. 

 II. Half-standard, — a foot and a half to two feet and a half high. 

 in. Standards, — three feet high. 

 IV. Tz-ee and weeping roses, — four to five feet. 

 V. Pillar roses, — eight feet and upwards. 



§ I,— Standard, Pillar, and Weeping Poses. 



cooo. Standard roses are grafted or budded, generally on the stock of the 

 dog-roses, budding being the neatest process, as well as the most certain, 

 inasmuch as, in grafting, unless it is very carefully done, the head is 

 not always secure. In budding, although two buds are inserted, one well 



