1 62 A BOOK ABOUT ROSES. 



at the top of such standards as have been selected 

 for their health as well as their height. Closely 

 pruned the following spring, they may be trans- 

 planted from the nursery, or from the private 

 budding-ground, in the autumn, and the removal 

 must be effected with every possible care and at- 

 tention. I would advise that these tall specimens 

 be moved somewhat earlier than the ustial time 

 for transplanting, so that, when firmly secured in 

 their place, and freely watered, they may be in- 

 duced to make roots, and gain some hold of the 

 ground before the winter begins. A strong iron 

 stake, set side by side with the stem, and sur- 

 rounding it just below the junction of the buds 

 with a semi-globular frame-work, the whole appa- 

 ratus resembling a parasol with a quadruple allow- 

 ance of stick, will be the best support for the tree 

 (fixed deeply in the ground, of course, as directed 

 for the Pillar Roses), and will enable the amateur 

 to dispose the branches at regular intervals, so 

 that they will finally form a fair dome of Roses 

 — such a floral fountain as may have played in the 

 fancy of our Laureate, when he wrote 



"The white Rose weeps, she is late." 



And now we have passed through the Rose- 

 clad walls — through the Rose-wreathed colon- 



