20 Pillars of Roses. 



Art. V. Pillars of Roses. 

 By the Editor. 



A FEW years since, but a small number of fine roses were to 

 be found in our gardens; within a short period, however, the 

 taste for this beautiful flower has been gradually extending, and 

 some cultivators have now in their collections more than five 

 hundred of the most elegant kinds to be procured of the Paris 

 or London nurserymen. Since the production of hybrids, 

 the varieties have been most rapidly increased, and many of 

 them are surpassingly fine; and it is gratifying to find such a 

 large number introduced. 



The climbing or running roses have not been so much 

 esteemed as the dwarf kinds, unless we except the old Bour- 

 sault; at least, they have not very generally been planted; but 

 this has undoubtedly arisen from the rambling character of 

 their growth, too luxuriant and spreading to be kept within 

 reasonable bounds, and, therefore, only wanted when the ob- 

 ject has been to cover an arbor or trellis, or hide some old 

 wall. But English fanciers of the rose, always striving to 

 form some new and pleasing object, have introduced the 

 running roses, with the most happy effect, into their gardens, 

 and have given this class a new claim upon the attention of 

 cultivators. 



Some years ago, Mr. Rivers, Jr., nurseryman, of Saw- 

 bridgeworth, and a great cultivator and admirer of roses, in a 

 communication in the Gardener^s JMagazine, made sonie re- 

 marks upon the method of planting so as to form pillars of 

 roses: the plan seemed to us one which might produce a 

 pretty effect, but we did not think of it again until we saw 

 another notice of a similar plan, in Taxion'^s JMagazine of Bot- 

 any, accompanied with an engraving. It then appeared to us 

 that it might be introduced into our gardens, and by its novel- 

 ty, as well as beauty, prove an interesting and desirable fea- 

 ture. 



The plan consists in nothing more than training the branch- 

 es to iron rods, or trellis work, made in the shape of a pyra- 

 mid, from eight to sixteen feet high, so that the whole may be 

 completely covered with foliage and flowers: when in full 

 bloom, and composed of dift'erent colored flowers, it must 

 present a truly beautiful object. 



