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Pillars of Roses. 



diminishing its beauty. The central column might be made 

 of oak; if desirable, it might be turned to represent the iron 

 column above; it should be set firmly into the ground; to this, 

 wrought iron brackets, of the scroll shape, or some other fan- 

 ciful form, miglit be fastened, and to these, the upright iron rods 

 could be attached. Perhaps large iron wire, neatly adjusted to 

 the rods, might answer the purpose of cross bars wliich would 

 prevent the necessity of drilling the uprights, for the purpose 

 of passing the cross bars through. The upright rods form a 

 triangle, and should be placed about two feet apart on the side 

 at the base. 



2 Fig. 2 represents a wooden trel- 



lis, of the kind referred to above, 

 and which will answer in the place 

 of iron, as the foliage and flowers 

 will almost wholly screen it from 

 view. It is made of three strong, 

 square rods, standing in a triangular 

 manner, with cross bars, which are 

 let into the rods with a small mor- 

 tice, and to which the branches are 

 to be trained. It should have three 

 good coats of green paint. A very 

 rough article may be made, by 

 merely nailing the bars to the up- 

 right rods, instead of letting them 

 in with a mortice. 



Roses may be cultivated in al- 

 most any soil. Mr. Rivers, whose 

 remarks we have noticed above, 

 states that "merely to show how a 

 heap of clay may become a mount 

 of beauty, he levelled and made 

 = — IP circular a large quantity of white 

 W^ and blue clay, dug from a pit to 

 contain water; on this, with a small 

 portion of dung and sand to each 

 plant, he planted some of all the hardy climbing roses. The 

 effect was beautiful, the second season; and another summer, 

 it would be a mount of rose pillars, each from eight to ten feet 

 high." 



Our correspondent, T. Lee, Esq., of Brookline, has had 

 considerable experience in the cultivation of climbing roses, 



