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Lhc eliniliiiig or pilku' Ifoses, the less tliey are touched the 

 l)etter. Of course we are not rtlluiliiig to the Eosery proper, 

 but of Itoses iu their more natural aspect, as wlien phnited to 

 hide fences, cover rockeries, or as striking objects on kxwns. 

 Except against walls, and in similar situations, there is no 

 occasion to prune climbing Eoses. Left to themselves, they 

 make by far tlie grandest display, and to insure this it is only 

 necessary to provide them with a good, deep, strong soil at 

 the beginning, and to let them have a fair amount of liglit on 

 all sides. Wliether planting be carried out with the object 

 above described, or for the purpose of co^■ering naked tree 

 stumps or limbs, or for draping any unsightly object whatever, 

 liberal treatment in the first instance is the main thing. A 

 good soil makes all the difference in time and in the permti- 

 nent vigour of the tree, and were Ave desirous of having a 

 great Eose tree (whether it be a common Ayrshire or a Gloire 

 de Dijon, tliat we expected to produce thousands of blooms in 

 a few years), we should, if the soil were not naturally strong 

 and deep, provide a well-drained pit and fill it with two or 

 three good cartloads of sound loam and manure ; thus treated, 

 the result is certain, provided an unrestricted growth be per- 

 mitted." 



Eoses on grass are a pleasant feature of the wild garden. 

 No matter what the habit of the rose, provided it be free and 

 hardy, and growing on its own roots, planting on the grass 

 will suit it well. So treated, the more vigorous climbers 

 would form thickets of liowers, and graceful vigorous shoots. 

 They will do on level grass, and be still more picturesque on 

 banks or slopes. 



The following description, [)y Mr. E. Andre, of Eoses in 



