72 THE EVERGREEN ROSE. 



one column to another, by means of small iron 

 chains (strong iron wire will do) may be seen at 

 Broxbourn Bury, near Hoddesdon, the seat of 



Bosanquet, Esq. They also form elegant and 



graceful standards ; like the Ayrshire roses, their 

 shoots are pendulous, and soon hide the stem, in 

 a few years forming a pretty dome of 'foliage and 

 flowers ; for covering the naked stems of forest or 

 ornamental trees they are also very useful, as their 

 roots will not injure the tree which supports them ; 

 and if strong copper wire is brought loosely round 

 the trunk of the tree to support their branches, 

 they will give scarcely any trouble in such situa- 

 tions. To make them grow vigorously, give them 

 a supply of manure on the surface annually, in 

 the autumn, to be carried to their roots by the 

 rains of winter. Like the Ayrshires, standard 

 sempervirens roses literally require no pruning. 

 I have them as standards, as pillars, and as masses 

 of underwood ; the dead spray is cut out, and no 

 other pruning done; for the wild beauty of 

 standards is entirely destroyed by it ; occasionally 

 a very long shoot will have to be shortened, and 

 that is all. 



About six or eight years ago I received, among 

 others, some very stout short stocks of the Dog- 

 rose ; they were not more than two feet in height, 

 but stouter than a large broom-handle, the bark 

 thick and grey with age : they were planted and 

 grew most luxuriantly. I was for some little 



