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THE BLOSSOM CIRCLE OF THE YEAR 



A rough stone wall and deeply recessed stairway draped with Silver Moon Roses makes 

 one of the loveliest bits of Mr. Peter Bisset's garden in Washington, D. C. 



almost evergreen and very free from insect pests and for this 

 reason perhaps are more popular in the South than the Ramblers, 

 all of which are well known but not so vigorous here as elsewhere. 



For evergreen screens, for covering walls and terraces or 

 wherever an evergreen effect is needed, the old wild Cherokee 

 Rose of the South, Rosa laevigata, is recommended. The newer 

 pink Cherokee is also very lovely and both of these, while rampant 

 growers, may be kept in bounds by pruning. The Banksia Roses 

 in snowy white and primrose yellow, with thornless stems and 

 delicate green leaves, are not nearly so well known as they deserve 

 to be. Annually the violet-scented clusters of blossoms cover 

 the long, graceful drooping stems to the very tip. 



I saw recently a white Banksia which covered the entire south 

 wall of a house from the ground to the roof and had begun to 

 clamber over the eaves which extended over the second story. 

 In April this Rose vine is a solid wall of snowy lovehness and 

 even in Midwinter it is charming in its deep green dress. These 

 Roses are not quite so hardy as the Cherokee, but are well worth 

 while for all the lower Southern and Gulf Coast States. 



