Clematis and deep purple Clematis, or Clematis montana and red Rose, 

 and Rose of which a sketch is given. Though the modern pergola 

 for the often bearing but little resemblance to the real thing is 

 Pergola somewnat done to death in small gardens utterly unsuited to 

 such erections, it lends itself admirably in more spacious grounds 

 to the growing of climbing plants according to their natural 

 tendencies. The Rambler Roses which lose half their beauty 

 and health when trimmed and pruned and nailed into neat- 

 ness, here find the chance they desire, to roam according to their 

 nature. But in planting a pergola it is well to bear in mind 

 that, delightful as the Ramblers are, their season is comparatively 

 a short one, and that a pergola bare of blossom by the middle of 

 August is but a dreary sight. This, however, may be avoided 

 if we make a judicious mixture of autumn flowering Roses with 

 them ; while even the summer Rose's season may now, thanks 

 to the many new varieties, be spread over a good three months. 

 Beginning with Ayrshires and Penzance Sweetbriars in May, 

 the whole tribe of Ramblers and Wichurianas will carry us on 

 by an exquisite progression through June and July, while the 

 enchanting Dorothy Perkins is in full beauty in August. When 

 with these we plant that rampant and beautiful hybrid Rugosa 

 F. Conrad Meyer, the crimson Longivortb Rambler, Ards 

 Rover, Reine Olga de Wurtemburg, and Gruss an Teplitz, 

 the pure white Mme. Alfred Carriere, the lemon yellow and 

 buff Celine Forestier, Alister Stella Gray, Belle Lyonaise, and 

 Reve d'Or, the pink Climbing Captain Christy and Lady 

 Waterlois), to choose but a few favourites at random among the 

 scores of autumn Roses, we may ensure a constant succession of 

 bloom from April to November. But Roses are not all. If 

 with them we mingle mauve, purple, and white Clematis, their 

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