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named have not lost any of their good qualities. They 

 are as they have always been vigorous, spreading, free- 

 flowering. Possibly those who have cold aspects to 

 cover, such as east or north, would still find Gloire de 

 Dijon and William Allen Richardson as good as any for 

 their purpose. But new climbing varieties assert their 

 claims, and have to be considered for south and west 

 aspects. Many, accepted at once as beautiful pillar and 

 arch Roses, have to be rejected at once for walls. The 

 mighty Crimson Rambler is one of the poorest of wall 

 Roses, falling a ready prey to 'mildew. Carmine Pillar, 

 most beautiful of early-blooming climbers for a pillar or 

 summer-house, is too strong of cane and too devoid of 

 spray to make an ideal wall Rose. Dorothy Perkins will 

 thrive it thrives almost anywhere but it goes to the 

 other extreme, and by producing an enormous mass of 

 long, thin shoots and slender laterals, gives the Rose- 

 lover a hard task in pruning and nailing before it can be 

 made to cover the wall. We want for our houses Roses 

 which, like Gloire de Dijon, branch freely, yet strongly, 

 from a central stem, producing a moderate yet not 

 excessive amount of laterals, and flowering freely on 

 them. Let us glance at a few Roses that fulfil these 

 conditions 



Alisier Stella Gray. A charming Rose, small-flowered, yet 

 invaluable owing to its neat but spreading habit and the remark- 

 able continuity of flowering which keeps it going right into the 

 autumn. The flowers are home in clusters, and the colour is 

 pale yellow. 



Bardou Job. A rich crimson Rose, not large in bloom, and 

 semi-double. 



Bouquet (TOr. Strong and free, yrllow flowers, tea-scented. 



Cheshunt Hybrid. Bright red, a very profuse bloomer. 



Madame Alfred Carriers. White or blush, a strong grower. 



