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CLIMBERS 



IN the list which we have just given in the pre- 

 ceding chapter we have not included any climbing 

 roses, as we desire to take these up separately. 



Unfortunately there is not at this time any 

 good, all-round climbing rose which blooms through 

 spring, summer and autumn with great reliability. 

 There are climbing roses which are advertised so to 

 bloom, but although we have tried out all of these, 

 we cannot recommend any for the Middle Atlantic 

 States and farther north as having this very desir- 

 able habit to a marked degree, combined with 

 other necessary merits. 



There are dwarf climbers which bloom quite well 

 through the summer, but they are so very small 

 that they are only useful as borders to large beds 

 and we do not include them. 



For the same reason that we have cut down our 

 main list to the most dependable varieties, we have 

 also cut this climbing list down to those roses which 

 we know will succeed. It would be very easy to 

 include a great many more which we have tried 



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