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Lamarque, Marshal Niel, and Celine Forestier, and 

 many more equally good. 



These Roses, I find, grow well on their own roots, 

 and, with few exceptions, are exactly adapted for the 

 climate of our gardens. 



The ever-increasing and beautiful class of Climbing 

 Ramblers should be allowed to grow at their own sweet 

 will, in spots where they have room to spread without 

 hindrance, e.g. Brunonis, the lovely Himalayan single 

 milk-white Rose. One of Lord Penzance's new Sweet 

 Briars will be most at home when finding its way into 

 an old Apple or a great Holly tree, and flinging out its 

 long wreaths of bloom on every side. A Crimson 

 Rambler in my own garden has taken possession of a 

 dead Laburnum, itself once very beautiful, but now 

 supporting such lovely clusters of rosebuds and wealth of 

 rose leaves throughout the season, as to make us forget 

 its old beauty in its new grandeur. For some mysterious 

 reason, this Rose does not thrive against a wall. 



Madame Plantier, and Ophirie, and Bouquet dOr> and 

 Paul's Carmine^ and Bardou Job, and Reine Olga are 

 good types of pillar Roses, and for trellises Wm. 

 Allan Richardson is unequalled, while Gloire de Dijon 

 must always take the first place, either as a dwarf or 

 climbing Rose. 



The very best Hybrid Perpetuals are amongst some 

 of the oldest. La France comes first, but Victor Hugo 

 is grand, and Charles Lefevre, Duke of Edinbro \ Victor 



