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last might be chosen, but there is not much to choose 

 between Dorothy Perkins, Lady Gay and Minnehaha. 

 Excelsa is indispensable as a crimson, and I expect to 

 see this beautiful variety supersede Crimson Rambler in 

 many gardens, because, in addition to its beauty as a 

 creeper, it is a fine arch and pillar Rose. The creepers 

 may be grown in large pots if desired, as they make 

 beautiful ornaments for a conservatory. 



The Memorial Roses are not all equally good ground 

 and pillar Roses, but Alberic Barbier, Dorothy Perkins, 

 Lady Gay and Rene Andre are suitable for both purposes. 

 The last is a variety the merits of which are not fully 

 appreciated. True, it is only semi-double, but the flowers 

 are large, of a rich, warm tone, and very abundantly 

 produced. I find it one of the most useful of all pillar 

 Roses, and there is nothing quite like it in colour. Alberic 

 Barbier is the most truly perpetual, for it is nearly always 

 in bloom, and undeniably it is the least fastidious as to 

 soil. A poor chalky ground does not trouble it, even in a 

 dry season ; and when Crimson Rambler near is covered 

 with mildew Alberic Barbier is spotless. 



So much has been said about pillar Roses in modern 

 books on flowers that one feels the subject is exhausted, 

 nevertheless, let me not wholly ignore it. At the least I 

 must write in praise of that magnificent modern Rose, 

 American Pillar, assuredly one of the most beautiful 

 varieties ever put before the Rose-loving public. It is a 

 single-flowered variety, nearly as big as Carmine Pillar, 

 but with flowers in large, broad sprays ; the colour is 

 rich cerise with a bold, pure, well-defined white centre. 

 Good and useful as Hiawatha and Leuchtstern are, 

 American Pillar greatly exceeds them in beauty of bloom. 

 It gives the finest sprays of flower when the lateral shoots 

 are pruned to a few eyes in spring. 



