158 A BOOK ABOUT ROSES. 



leader of fashion, he is still a very attractive member of society. 

 Upon the tree, its large, closely-petalled, rich crimson flowers are 

 most beautiful ; but it is not reliable as a show Rose, expanding 

 rapidly, and too often displaying a large ** eye," on his arrival 

 at the exhibition, as though astonished by the splendor of the 

 scene. 



Mr. W. Paul, in the Rose- Garden, commends 

 the Moss as a Pillar Rose. In rich soil it has the 

 vigorous growth required, but it would be difficult, 

 I think, to induce the flowering laterals, which 

 should beautify at regular intervals the pillar or 

 pyramidal Rose-tree. The only satisfactory speci- 

 men which I have seen or heard of was one of 

 that very beautiful variety called Lanei. 



Arches and arcades are graceful, because na- 

 tural, forms, quas Natiira stid spontc snggcrit, as 

 Ave read in our Oxford Logic, in which to grow 

 varieties of the Rose having long, lissom, droop- 

 ing branches. All the Climbing Roses selected 

 in the preceding chapter, except the Banksian, 

 which must have a wall, are admirable for the 

 purpose — the Ayrshire and Sempervirens being 

 the first to fulfil their mission, covering the frame- 

 work in two or three summers with their white 

 clustering Roses and deep-green glossy leaves. 

 Of the Noisettes, Gloire de Dijon, Marechal Niel, 

 and Solfaterre, are sure successes; Cloth-of-Gold 



