8o Roses for Amateurs. 



Pillar Roses 



The practice of growing Roses on what are termed pillars 

 is an increasing one, and so long as they are kept going it is 

 an exceedingly pretty one ; but in by far the majority of cases 

 in amateurs' gardens this method of cultivation does not 

 appear to be a success. There are numberless ways in which 

 the " pillar " may be " built," and firms like Barnards make 

 a speciality of everything required for this form of Rose 

 cultivation, from the modest single pillar to the complicated 

 umbrella-like erection. Excellent varieties are Crimson Ram- 

 bler, Reine Marie Henriette, Dorothy Perkins, Longworth 

 Rambler, Reine Olga de Wurtemberg, Zephirine Drouhin, 

 R. macrantha, Alister Stella Gray, and Mrs. O. G. Orpen, 

 William Allen Richardson, Ard's Rover, Climbing Aimee 

 Vibert, and Ard's Pillar. For shorter pillars, Blairii No. 2, 

 Griiss an Teplitz, Madame Plantier, Climbing Mrs. W. J. 

 Grant, and Leuchtstern (see illustration) will be suitable. 



Rose Arches. 



There is one kind of Rose decoration which is admirable 

 when well carried out, viz., Rose arches. A walk thus 

 treated, when properly done, is a very pretty sight ; but alas ! 

 one sees too often the most unsuitable Roses used and the 

 arches formed in a most slovenly manner. If this is to be 

 attempted, there are a few practical hints that must be borne 

 in mind. In the first place, the arches must be of iron- 

 wood is next to useless, for by the time the Roses cover it 

 it will begin to rot away, especially if the Roses push vigor- 

 ously. Three upright pillars should be placed about ift. 

 back from the edge of the path, and if a series of arches 

 is determined on they should be not nearer to one another 

 than 6ft., and would, perhaps, be better 8ft. or gft. 

 apart. The next point is that suitable Roses should 

 be employed ; one very often sees utter failure from a 

 neglect of this simple rule people think sometimes that any 



