THE 



VOL. VII. 



JUNE, 1884. 



[No. 6. 



CLIMBING ROSES. 



You have seen a quiet houie in tJie 

 country, or suburban residence, it may 

 be, witb rose-covered verandah, and y.m 

 thought you never had seen anything 

 more pleasing. The l)lending colore of 

 various shades, set off with the fresh, 

 green toliage, gave that home a charm- 

 ing aspect, and you resolved to plant 

 some climbing roses about your own 

 dwell ug. That you may plant and 

 enjoy the fruit of your labor, that you 

 may be spared the disappointment of 

 having planted only to see your own 

 rose-trees perish, is the object of this 

 short paper. 



There are many varieties of climbing 

 roses, and some of them of great beauty. 

 Were our climate not so severe in win- 

 ter we might greatly extend our list of 

 roses with which to cover a verandah, or 

 trellis, or hide a wall. One of the most 

 beautiful sights of Jacksonville, Flori- 

 da, is the trellLs of Marechal Xiel in 

 the gi-ounds of Hr. Ken worthy. But 

 we must content ourselves with roses 

 of a hardier race, and one of the im- 

 portant lessons for us to learn is that 

 of the hardiness of the several kinds. 



TJie Ayrshire Roses are almost hardy 

 enough to endure the climate of the 



south shore of Lake Ontario and the 

 north shore of Lake Erie. Through 

 some of our wintei-s in those parts of 

 the country they pass unharmcid. but 

 they are liable at any time to serious 

 injury. The Dundee Rambler belongs 

 to this class. It yields a great profu- 

 .sion of semi-double white flowers, and 

 is a favorite with the writer. Queen 

 of the Belgians is creamy white, and 

 Ayrshire Queen is a crimson purple ; 

 V)ut none of the fiimily can be relied 

 upon to endure our winters. 



The Boursault Roses are hardy 

 enough, but they are not sufficiently 

 beautiful to satisfy most rose gi'owers. 

 Yet they are profuse bloomers, and 

 being natives of the Alps they should 

 endure the rigorof a Canadian winter. It 

 has been the fashion with writers on the- 

 i-ose to S{)eak .slightingly of this family, 

 and one enthusiastic cultivator calls it 

 worthless. Your editor begs to dissent 

 from thLs judgment, and to say that it 

 is well worthy of being grown in all 

 the colder parts of our country until 

 some variety as hardy and more beau- 

 tiful can be found to take its place. In 

 an experience of nearly fifty years we 

 do not now remember to have seen it 



