248 COMMON SENSE GARDENS 



cause it is the fashion, but surely a Dorothy Per- 

 kins, a hybrid Wichuriana bearing a double pink 

 blossom of good size. It grows very rapidly and 

 its foliage is tough and clean and of a dark green 

 colour. Let the Rambler climb on one of the posts, 

 and prune it so that it will make a good head; or 

 train it over the arch at the entrance to the garden. 

 On another post have a Dawson, a vigorous, 

 climbing white Rose that is hard to restrain; lead 

 it along the pickets of the fence and let it drop 

 over on the other side, out of sight of the garden. 

 Do not cover up the pickets entirely, for they have 

 their place in the general plan and should not be 

 hidden. If there are brick piers in the four corners 

 of the garden put a Crimson Rambler on one and 

 let it fall lightly over the hedge, or run along the 

 top of it. On another put a Dorothy Perkins, 

 and on a third you might train Baltimore Belle or 

 Prairie Queen, very quick-growing Roses that were 

 much used in the old gardens, and that bear Rose- 

 coloured, or white double flowers of a rather old- 

 fashioned mien. These were bred from the Prairie 

 Rose (Rosa setegira) and are about the only Roses 

 of American origin that we have, not very brilliant 



