showy and effective for a wild spot. We should make the most Single 

 of these two particular Roses while in bloom, for by the middle Roses 

 of June they will be over and will not flower again till another 

 winter is passed. 



It is very pleasant to see and hear how much the single 

 and semi-single Roses are grown nowadays, for they have a 

 beauty all their own and a shape when in full bloom which, in 

 some opinions, is unsurpassed even by the opulent beauty of 

 those which appear later. I have seen, and should like to see 

 more frequently, great stretches of single Roses in gardens where 

 there is room to spare, and more particularly in drives and at 

 entrances where so often there is little else but the ubiquitous 

 Rhododendrons (sometimes all Ponticum), which, although 

 beautiful in their way if judiciously used, are nevertheless apt to 

 become monotonous and uninteresting. 



In a stretch or bed of single Roses there are many which 

 would climb up poles, and many which form low and dense 

 bushes no higher than four to five feet or less, and then there 

 are some of the Wichuriana low growing kinds, which trail 

 along the ground and fill up gaps, so that in a year or two the 

 whole stretch is one tangle of varied colourings of leaf and 

 bloom. 



Among the best climbers for this purpose are : 



Dawn. Penzance Briars. 



Una. River s Musk sweetest of 



Brunonis. all scents. 



Arvensis^ " Miss Jekyll." Blush Rambler. 



Polyantha. Waltham Rambler. 



Macrantha. Nivea. 



Rosa Alba. Electra. 



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