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should suggest such a thing. \Yhat ! cultivate climbing Roses in pots ; the idea is 

 absurd ! So it would be did we recommend the groups which are ordinarily spoken 

 of as climbers namely, the Ayrshire, Boursault, Musk, Sempervirens, &c. But such 

 is not our intention. Magnificent as these are when grown in the open ground to the 

 height of 12 feet, covered with their immense trusses of bloom, we are aware that their 

 semi-double and transient flowers render them unsuitable for pot culture. But where 

 else are varieties found that will climb ? This question will be replied to in the list 

 given at the end of this Division. 



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We have now to point out the end in view and the means by which it may be 



'Fig. 39. CMMBING ROSE SOLFATERRE, Two YEARS OLD, IN POT. 



accomplished. Some kinds, which are indispensable even in a small collection, cannot 

 be grown to advantage except as climbers ; such are Lamarque, Solfaterre, Jaune 

 Desprez, and others. As to the shape they are brought to assume, the taste of the 

 cultivator will perhaps be the best guide. Circular trellises may be formed, varying 

 in height and diameter that they may be fitted to any particular variety, according to 

 its rate of growth. None should exceed four feet in height. Round these the shoots 

 may be trained according to the accompanying illustration (Fig. 39), so as eventually 

 to hide the frame-work and to produce a dense but not shapeless mass of foliage and 

 flowers. It is necessary in the first instance to practice close pruning to induce the 

 shoots to grow vigorously ; they should then be trained in their proper course during 

 the season of growth. Now, the great point to be kept in view here is so to prune and 

 train that the plant may produce flowers from its summit to the ground, for it is 



