EVER-BLOOMING ROSES AND VINES 253 



Roses growing in the midst of a forest. Heavy 

 pergolas with stone or brick columns, or in the 

 Italian style, should not be used on small grounds 

 or near a small garden; they detract from the in- 

 terest of the Roses, and are clumsy and altogether 

 inappropriate. 



Good Roses for the arbour are : Evergreen Gem, 

 a cross between Wichuriana and Mme. Hoste; 

 a very fast grower with tough, sweet-scented 

 foliage that is quite free from insects, with a double 

 yellow flower changing to white, and perfectly 

 hardy; Jersey Beauty (Wichuriana and Perle de 

 Jardins), a single yellow Rose of equal vigour, with 

 thick, shiny foliage; and Gardenia, a plant ob- 

 tained from the same cross, bearing a cream- 

 coloured blossom whose petals incurve and resem- 

 ble the Cape Jessamine. These Roses are of com- 

 paratively recent introduction, but as far as I can 

 find out they do not live up to their evergreen rep- 

 utation, although they are very beautiful and 

 doubly attractive on account of their healthy foli- 

 age, which is of the greatest importance in work 

 of this sort. 



Two Wichuriana Roses that may be added to 



