Evergreen and Ayrshire Roses. 



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If these same kinds were planted at the base of trees in the most open spot near 

 the confines, or within sight of the walks in shrubberies, we think they would intro- 

 duce a pleasing feature there. In such places how often does the gloomy and 

 desolate triumph over the cheerful and beautiful ! The trees are often bare, or dead 

 branches only seen for some distance from the ground, and the beauty of their tops 

 is not appreciable as we walk beneath. Who has not sometimes rambled in such 

 walks where the wild Honeysuckles have presented the most pleasing feature, if not 

 the only one, to tempt him to pursue his walk ? And beautiful indeed they are, 

 creeping over the rugged branches of the trees, their tortuous stems showing here and 

 there, and their beautiful flowers and leaves glistening among the boughs above. 

 And why should not Roses be brought to fill like positions ? Let the Ayrshire and 

 other free-growing climbers be planted in spots where they obtain a little light, and 



Fig. ii. HEDGE OF ROSES. 



they will do. But it will be well to give them every encouragement at the outset. 

 Remove the soil at the root of the tree to the depth of eighteen inches, and for two 

 or three feet square, filling up the opening with two-thirds good turfy loam, well 

 intermixed with one-third manure, rich but not too fresh. 



In this they may be planted. Train them for the first year or two until they get 

 good hold of the trees, then manure them annually. Prune very little ; and there is 

 no doubt they will flower well, and lend additional interest and beauty to the 

 shrubbery walks by the relief and variety they give. 



Hedges of Roses are very beautiful in a garden when the varieties composing 

 them are properly chosen. In dressed grounds, neat sturdy-growing free-flowering 

 kinds are the most suitable. For a dwarf hedge (2 to 3 feet) nothing can surpass in 

 beauty and fragrance the Scotch Roses. For a taller hedge varieties of neat growth 

 may be chosen from among the Hybrid Bourbons or Hybrid Perpetuals. As an 

 illustration of this see Fig. i'i, which is taken from a Rose hedge in Winter, the 



