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coming opposite each other can be connected by an 

 arched top. This arrangement can also be very 

 prettily adapted to such a Rose trellis at the back 

 of a flower border, either at the two ends of the 

 border or at intervals in its length. It would be 

 an extremely pretty way of having a double flower 

 border in three divisions, with such an open cross 

 screen twice in the length, as well as at the begin- 

 ning and end. The first division of the border might 

 well be flowers all blue and white and pale yellow, 

 with bluish foliage ; the middle one of warm colour- 

 ings of rose, red, scarlet, orange, and full yellows, 

 and the third of purple, pale pink and white flowers, 

 with silvery and other cool foliage. 



Chains are generally used to form the garlands 

 from post to post, and they are the best, as they 

 hang in a good natural line. A cheaper and not bad 

 substitute is wire rope. Whether chain or rope is 

 used it is an excellent plan, and much better for the 

 Roses, to wind thick tarred twine, or something 

 stronger than twine — tarred cord as thick as the 

 diameter of a large Sweet Pea seed — round and 

 round the chain or wire, keeping the coils rather 

 close, so that the Rose branches do not actually touch 

 the iron but rest upon the coiled cord. 



For the post and low trellis the posts are planted 

 with any of the good ramblers or Roses of free 

 growth, while the low trellis may have strong grow- 

 ing H.P.s or any of the Teas and Hybrid Teas 

 usually described in Rose lists as "vigorous." In 

 this case two Roses, or three, according to space, 



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