CLIMBERS FOR WALLS, PERGOLAS AND TRELLIS. 



WISTARIA. A beautiful climber which covers very quickly. The forms are W. chinensis, W. 

 japonica, W. frutescens, and W. multijuga, with racemes of flowers eighteen inches long. 



HARDY ROSES FOR WALLS, PILLARS, AND BOWERS. 



Roses, The great beauty of many of the new hybrid perpetual roses, and the desirability 



of finding a place for them, is fully acknowledged, but 1 do not think they should 

 occupy the entire area available to the exclusion of many varieties which helped to 

 make, and which still make, some of the older gardens so delightful. The fine old 

 Scotch climbing roses, so wayward in their growth, but covered with clusters of 

 fragrant flowers, the Banksian and Boursaults, the old Provence and cabbage roses, 

 notwithstanding all the recent improvements, might still be planted with great 



advantage in our gar- 

 dens. Roses have, to 

 the garden designer, 

 other qualities than 

 mere size, and for 

 this reason he is 

 much more interested 

 in the good work 

 done by rose-growers 

 in the raising of the 

 many magnificent 

 varieties of hardy tea 

 roses, than in some 

 of the later additions 

 to hybrid perpetuals. 

 The varieties of single 

 roses and briars are 

 now very numerous, 

 but unfortunately the 

 flowering season is a 

 very short one. It 



is only necessary to mention Paul's Carmine Pillar and Lord Penzance's Sweet 

 Briars to realize how much our gardens have been enriched by the indefatigable 

 industry of rose enthusiasts ; and we are equally indebted to them for the 

 re-discovery of old favourites and the importation of many varieties, such as the 

 Crimson Rambler and the finer forms of Wichuraiana. 



FIG. 370. CLIMBER COVERED TERRACE WALLS. 



AYRSHIRE ROSES including Bennett's Seedling, pure 

 white and strong ; Dundee Rambler, white tinged 

 pink ; Felicit6 Perpetue, creamy white, very dou- 

 ble in clusters, an evergreen variety ; Queen of the 

 Belgians, white ; Splendens or Myrrh-scented, 

 flesh colour. 



BOURSAULT. There are a number of varieties of Bour- 

 sault roses, but the best for general planting are 

 Amadis, a large crimson-flowered variety ; Elegans, 

 crimson, purple and white stripes ; and Inermis 

 a bright red. 



BANKSIAN FORTUNEI, white and sweet. There are 



also the common white and yellow varieties, both 

 of which are beautifully scented. 



CLIMBING DEVONIENSIS, creamy white, very large and 

 full. 



GLOIRE DE DIJON, yellow, tinted with salmon, a very 

 fine rose the rose of roses, without question the 

 finest and most useful climbing rose in cultivation. 



MACARTNEY, an extremely pretty single white rose 

 which may be trained over walls, fences, pergo- 

 las, trellis, or almost anywhere where freedom of 

 growth is required. 



MULTIFLORA, pale flesh. 



MOSCHATA, the " Musk Rose " (syn. Brunonii). As the name implies, these are fragrant. 

 The following are good, viz. : Fringed, which is a pink colour with cup-shaped 

 serrated petals ; Princess de Nassau, with yellow cup-shaped flowers ; and Rivers, 

 which has cream-coloured flowers. 



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