82 Roses for Amateurs. 



this purpose, however delightful they may be in more suitable 

 places. 



Another point in the arrangement of an arch is that the 

 Roses planted on it should be of one variety only. People may 

 admire the mingling of colour produced by planting different 

 Roses, but it is most desirable that the whole arch should be 

 in flower at the same time, for it is unpleasant to see half of 

 it covered with decaying flowers and the other half with 

 fresh ones. Variety may be gained by planting them alter- 

 nately in colour, thus: Arch No. i, Longworth Rambler; 

 2, Aimee Vibert ; 3, Reine Marie Henrietta; 4, W. Allen 

 Richardson; 5, Cheshunt Hybrid; 6, Reve d'Or; and so on. 

 The centre walk of the garden treated judiciously in this way 

 will present a very pleasing sight. 



Barnards, Ltd., Norwich, make a feature of Rose Arches; 

 while Walters and Co., of Water Lane, Great Tower Street, 

 E.G., specialise in Trellises, &c. 



Hoses for Walls, &c. 



The varieties enumerated for arches are suitable, or 

 many of them, for covering walls, outhouses, porches, and 

 such-like ; and in many situations the Gloire de Dijon race 

 are much at home, and quite suitable. Fortune's Yellow, 

 Lamarque, and Madame Berard are other excellent Roses for 

 walls. Blairii No. 2 is also a very good Rose, but then it 

 is but a summer Rose, and its beauty is soon gone. One 

 must not forget the Old China, and its ally, Cramoisie Supe- 

 rieure, associated as these are with one's earliest garden days, 

 and bringing with them many a sweet reminder. How beauti- 

 ful the dark crimson one is when seen pushing its shoots high 

 up in the shrubberies, and mingling with the foliage of other 

 trees ! One of these Roses will rapidly cover the stem of a 

 tree ; and in a shrubbery, where there are often blanks, no 

 better way of filling them up can be devised than that of 

 planting one of these so-called climbing Roses. Other lovely 



