70 THE FRUIT-TREE AND SHRUB PRUNER. 



ground is poor, then take it up, cut the roots back, and 

 replant it. Thus a good Rose may he obtained. In 

 some climates and soils it is necessary to plant Roses 

 every few years if they are not well managed. 



The Pillar and Climbing Rose. 



Many of the Roses budded on the Dog Rose make 

 magnificent pillar or climbing specimens, such as 

 Brennus, Blair ii, and Gloire de Dijon. There is no- 

 thing in all the glorious art of gardening that can 

 equal a well-devised pillar, fifteen or twenty feet high, 

 composed of each of the above-named Roses. They 

 should be worked either on dwarf stocks, close to the 

 ground, or from their own roots, and be planted in deep 

 and rich soil. But the true classes of Pillar or Climb- 

 ing Roses consist of rather a different thing; and 

 among them I may mention as a guide Felicite perpetue, 

 which is a true Pillar Rose. 



The pruning of each of those named is different. In 

 the first three cases it is absolutely necessary to induce 

 a strong growth by means of heavy dressings, so as to 

 get some permanent rods as a base to cover the pillar 

 or wall as soon as possible, then to spur them in upon 

 each bud throughout those rods. Rut in the case of 

 Felicite perpetue, and all of this class, which naturally 

 make rapid growth without being so much coaxed to 

 it, a different method may be adopted in pruning 

 them. 



The Banksian Rose belongs to this class of growers. 

 It is seldom that we see an old fully developed Bank- 

 sian Rose bearing a rich crop of flowers ; but, on the 

 contrary, we more often find them in great luxuri- 

 ance, some twenty feet high, covering an extensive 

 wall, bearing no flowers except a few at the top. This 

 Rose may be an exception to the rule, but the proper 

 treatment for a certain annual crop of flowers is nearly 

 identical with Felicite perpetue, Dundee Rambler, Queen 

 of the Belgians, &c. lYhile, however, these last named 

 may be spurred in for two or three years (and a little 



