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and Lamarque doubtful. M. Niel is specially 

 adapted for this form of Rose-growing, from the 

 pendulous habit of its glorious golden blooms. 

 Walking beneath, you are privileged to see them 

 with all their charms displayed ; and never yet 

 was arch of triumph reared to compare with this 

 in beauty. All the summer Roses which I have 

 selected for pillars, omitting Paul Ricaut, are 

 equally to be commended for arches also, and 

 soon meet each other upon them when gener- 

 ously and judiciously treated. To the latter I 

 would add Triomphe de Bayeux, Hybrid China, 

 a variety of remarkable vigor, with delicate 

 flowers, resembling those of a Tea-scented Rose, 

 and invaluable in the bud for bouquets and but- 

 ton-holes. 



These arches and arcades might be introduced 

 with a pleasing effect in other places away from 

 the Rosarium — in those plantation walks, for 

 example, which are attached to many of our 

 country residences ; and these Climbing Roses 

 might be planted by landlords of generosity and 

 taste, so as to make unsightly buildings orna- 

 mental, and to render many a plain cottage more 

 cheerful and homelike. I should like to see them 

 more frequently at our railway stations — and why 

 not upon our railway bridges and embankments ? 



