58 Gardening in Egypt. 



CLIMBING ROSES. 



Aimee Vibert. A pretty white Noisette, with small 

 flowers borne in crowded trusses, having a musk-like 

 odour, and becoming tinged with red as they fade. 

 This variety is, perhaps, a typical Noisette, the origin 

 of which tribe was derived from a cross between the 

 Musk Rose and a common China. It is an excellent 

 plant for covering pillars, and, if required for that 

 purpose, it should be reduced to about three stems. 

 These should have their tops shortened a foot, and 

 the side shoots pruned back in November, and then 

 they should be unfastened and laid at full length 

 along the ground for two months ; this will induce 

 them to produce flowering shoots along their whole 

 length instead of only a few bunches at the top as 

 one so often sees. In the early spring they should 

 be carefully raised, and tied into position. Propagated 

 by budding, layers, and cuttings. 



Fortune's Yellow Rose. A rambling, quick-growing 

 variety with slender stems and small, fawn-coloured 

 flowers. The blooms which are borne on the upper 

 part of the stems will be destroyed if the shoots are 

 pruned. Therefore an occasional thinning of dead or 

 weak wood is necessary. Propagated by layers. 



Gloire de Dijon. One of the finest of the tea roses, 

 and also one of the strongest in growth, too common 

 to need description. The colour varies from the 

 palest yellow, to reddish orange in some of the 

 flowers. It is propagated by budding on briars. 



Marechal Niel. A lovely yellow, tea-scented, 

 Noisette, thoroughly established in Egyptian gardens, 

 flowering abundantly about the middle of March, and 

 continuing more or less throughout the summer. It is 

 of vigorous growth when trained on trellis-work or 

 where the air can pass through, and is considered 

 to do best when budded on the Gloire de Dijon 

 stock. 



