78 DECORATED CLIMBINa ROSES. 



be placed over a rose-walk or avenue of this de- 

 scription, for the finer kinds of roses require all 

 the light and air they can have. 



For pillars, banks, coverings for walks, and 

 every fancy that can enter into the mind of a 

 rose lover, these budded climbing roses are 

 adapted, and they will well reward the ingenuity 

 of a clever rose gardener; in many cases super- 

 seding the use of standards, which are for a great 

 portion of the year so very ugly. 



The * how to do ' these roses is very simple. If 

 very rapid growth be required, the place in which 

 they are to be planted should be well stirred to 

 a depth of two feet, some manure mixed with the 

 earth, and climbing roses of such sorts as Felicite, 

 Princesse Louise, Princesse Marie, and Spectabile 

 (all varieties of Rosa sempervirens), should be 

 planted in November ; if they have strong shoots, 

 they may be tied or fastened up to nearly their 

 full length; if not with long and strong shoots 

 they may be cut down to within five inches of their 

 bases: they will in the following season make 

 shoots from ten to twelve or fifteen feet in length. 

 The first shoots that will be fit to bud will be the 

 old shoots that were left at full length when they 

 were planted ; these may be budded in June, and 

 the young shoots that are made during the whole 

 of the summer may be budded weekly till the 

 end of September ; the position of each bud must 

 be' thought of so as to make a picture really 



