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and situations. In sheltered places and under trees 

 they are nearly evergreen, retaining their leaves 

 till spring. This makes them valuable for cover- 

 ing banks, trees, or walls. I know of no rose 

 idea prettier than that of a wilderness of evergreen 

 roses, the varieties planted promiscuously, and 

 suffered to cover the surface of the ground with 

 their entangled shoots. To effect this, the ground 

 should be dug, manured, and thoroughly cleaned 

 from perennial weeds, such as couch grass, &c., 

 and the plants planted from three to five feet 

 asunder. If the soil is rich, the latter distance 

 will do; they must be hoed amongst, and kept 

 clean from weeds after planting, till the branches 

 meet ; they will then soon form a beautiful mass 

 of foliage and flowers, covering the soil too densely 

 for weeds of minor growth to flourish. Those 

 weeds that are more robust should be pulled out 

 occasionally, and this is all the culture they will 

 require ; for temples, columns, and verandahs, 

 their use is now becoming well known. One of 

 the most complete temples of roses is that at the 

 seat of Warner, Esq., Hoddesdon, Hert- 

 fordshire ; and the prettiest specimens of festoon- 

 ing these roses from one column to another, by 

 means of small iron chains (strong iron wire will 

 do), may be seen at Broxbourn Bury, near Hod- 

 desdon, the seat of Bosanquet, Esq. They 



also form elegant and graceful standards ; like the 

 Ayrshire roses their shoots are pendulous, and soon 



