6i6 GARDEN MANAGEMENT. 



seem dormant. In July stop the strongest shoots, disbud, and thin, and tacK 

 them in till October, when the shorter shoots are again pruned back to one 

 or two eyes, the middle-sized ones in February, and the strong ones in April, 

 separating the same in the following October and February. In April of the 

 third year leave the long shoots untouched. If these instructions have been 

 carefully attended to, a sj^lendid bloom will reward the operator's patience. 

 The pillar is now in a properly balanced state, and^its future management may 

 bo confined to pruning in July, when its bloom is over ; confining the 

 pruning to cutting out entirely all superfluous shoots close to the stem, and 

 shortening in October all very weak shoots to two or three eyes. 



-2014. Hybrid China roses, suited for pillars, owe their origin to the China, 

 tea-scented. Noisette, and Bourbons, fertilized with R.gallica, the Provence, 

 and other roses. Others suited for pillars and climbing, generally, are the — 

 I. Ayrshire Rose, and its numerous hybrids. 



II. The Many-flowered Rose of Japan (it. multiflora), many varieties 

 of which abound. 



III. The Evergreen Rose {R. serapervirens), the wild rose of Italy, which 



hj^bridizes readily with the Noisette. One of these, — Rampant, 

 Mr. Rivers tells us, " will cover a wall with as much rapidity as the 

 Ayrshire." 



IV. The BouRSAULT Rose {R. aljnna). 

 V. The Banksian Rose {R. BanJcsicc). 



2015. The Ayrshire roses, Mr, Rivers thinks, are perhaps surpassed in beauty 

 by some varieties of the evergreen, but they have each distinct and desirable 

 qualities ; the Ayrshire blooms nearly a fortnight earlier than these ; will grow 

 where no other rose can exist, and they are admirably adapted to climb the 

 stems of timber-trees or plantations near to frequented walks, and to form 

 undergrowth ; they also make graceful and beautiful standards, the descend- 

 ing branches shading the stem. "I have," he adds, "two standards of 

 Bonnet's seedling, about ten years old ; their stems are ten inches in circum- 

 ference ; their branches trail on the ground, and when in full bloom nothing 

 can be more beautiful. They have never been touched with the pruning- 

 knife." 



2016. Ptosa multijiora, of which there ai-e many varieties, chiefly of Italian 

 origin, is a delicate rose, and is often killed to the ground by the frost. 

 Covered with mats, it shoots so early that it cannot endure the spring frosts. 

 GrevUlea, or Seven Sisters Rose, is a vigorous climber of this family, blooming 

 in clusters, of shades varying from rose to purplish crimson ; for the flowers 

 change from crimson at first coming out, to pale rose and purplish crimson. 

 The protection recommended by Mr. Rivers, is to thatch over the pillar in 

 November with green furze, which admits air and keeps ofi" the severity 

 of the frost ; continuing this covering till March, and then removing it 

 by degrees, so as to inure the plant to the cold before full exposure to 

 it. In this way. Alba, or Double White, a pretty pale flesh-coloured rose ; 

 the Double Red, and Hybrida, or Laure Devoust, a most elegant and beau* 



