PERGOLAS AND VERANDAHS 207 



along the whole front of a house the best rooms of which 

 face south, because I think one loses coolness in summer 

 and light in winter. My place for the verandah is the 

 eastern side, so that after midday there is grateful shade. 

 In winter the early sun will make it a cheerful place. 

 The ideal is a verandah fitted with a movable glass front, 

 which can be put into position in autumn and removed 

 in spring. 



In the case of pergola and verandah alike we have the 

 cheerful thought of abundance of floral material. Roses 

 must receive our attention first. While mentioning such 

 old favourites as Crimson Rambler, Carmine Pillar, and 

 Dorothy Perkins with respect, I should like to utter a 

 special plea for less familiar but wholly beautiful sorts 

 like American Pillar, Leucht stern, Alberic Barbier, 

 Philadelphia Rambler, The Lion and Mrs. F. W. Flight. 

 I hold that The Lion is a finer variety than Carmine 

 Pillar, Philadelphia Rambler than Crimson Rambler. 

 Leuchtstern, with its close clinging habit, so different 

 from the robust ramblers, is an ideal pillar Rose, for it 

 blooms from base to summit, and Mrs. F. W. Flight has 

 the same merit. The brilliant Wichuraiana Excelsa and 

 the exquisite little Coquina should be added, together 

 with others of the Roses recommended in chapter vin. 



Clematises rank next to Roses, and they give us a wide 

 choice, for not only are many of the species well worth 

 growing, but there are scores of hybrids and varieties 

 from which to choose. Of the species, asthusifolia, a 

 graceful plant with narrow-lobed leaves and white, bell- 

 shaped flowers hanging from erect peduncles ; coccinea, 

 scarlet ; cirrhosa, white, an evergreen ; Flammula, the 

 white Virgin's Bower and its variety rubro-marginata, 

 cream with red margin ; grata, bluish white, scented ; 

 and montana, white, are some of the best. The last is a 



