can be trained to form first-rate hedges or pillars. They, or the July, 

 ordinary Sweet Brier, are particularly useful for clothing fences Late 

 in reach of cattle, as they will not touch them. Climbing 



For late July there are many useful climbers, such as : Roses 



Madame Plantier very white and free with a medium- 

 sized flower. 



Felicite Perpetue with clusters of small white pompon- 

 like flowers and pink buds. 



Psyche soft pink medium-sized flower. 



Dorothy Perkins flowering much later than the other 

 Wichuriana Roses. 



Aime Vibert with large heads of buds and semi-double 

 white flowers. 



The white Rose of which I cannot find the name painted 

 at Sharsted Court on July I4th, is a wonder of beauty. There 

 are wreaths of it all round the Rose garden, and, unlike many 

 other climbing Roses, it seems to flower all the more profusely 

 when pruned back pretty hard. The Rose garden itself is 

 surrounded by old brick walls and fine trees, so that these Rose 

 wreaths are delightfully thrown out by a variety of backgrounds. 

 In another part of the garden a wall bounding a terraced walk is 

 draped in white with the flowers of Madame Plantier. 



The uses to which these free-growing Roses can be put 

 are almost endless. If there is an ugly fence to cover, or a 

 screen is wanted to separate one bit of garden from another, a 

 few posts and a light trellis may be easily put up, and will be 

 covered in two years with Roses. Walls, Pergolas, arches, 

 bridges, banks of streams, etc., may all be clothed. The more 

 naturally they are grown the better they look. Crimson 

 Rambler is at its best clambering over an evergreen hedge, as of 



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