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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Edition 



The beautifying effect of vines is well illustrated on this residence. 



be without them? 



What would many homes 



haVe acquired their delicacy, colors, 

 fragrance, hardiness and a remarkable 

 blooming quality. In 1867, when Lr. 

 France, the first hybrid tea, was 

 evolved, one can imagine the great joy 

 of the rosarian in his proud possession 

 of a rose that never seems to tire of 

 blooming from early summer until win- 

 ter sets in. 



A new class of roses has been appear- 

 ing in the last few years which has 

 great promise. This has been evolved 

 from the crossing of the Persian yel- 

 low briar rose with various hybrids. 

 Soleil d'or was the first of these, and 

 many of the later varieties have Soleil 

 d'or as a parent. It has been quite fit- 

 ting that the originator. Monsieur Fer- 

 net Ducher, of Lyons, Prance, should 

 be honored by the class being named 

 Pemetiana. Many of the Pernetiana 

 roses are the most popular to-day on 

 account of the wonderful yellow and 

 shaded colors which predominate. 



The Rugosa roses and their hybrids 

 are of Japanese origin, the Rugosa be- 

 ing a common wild rose of the east. 

 The great bold growth obtainable and 

 the extreme hardiness as a class make 

 them most valuable. 



The Moss rose finds many friends 

 and deserves a place in every garden. 



The Dwarf Polyantha roses, which 

 are commonly known here as Baby 

 Ramblers, have many delightful varie- 

 ties, and as several keep continuously 

 in bloom for many months, these will 

 appeal to all. The flowers in the Poly- 

 antha or Multiflora classes are small 

 but in large clusters, and the bushes 

 are completely clothed in bloom. 



Climbers, pillar roses and roses which 

 will form large bushes are derived 

 from many classes. Multifloras and 

 "Wichuraianas comprise a large num- 



ber, while the several classes just de- 

 scribed contribute to a great extent. 

 The Wichuraianas are developed from 

 a Japanese wild rose of creeping habits. 

 The Multifloras are quite similar. 



The Penzance Briar is a charming 

 class of rose, being a development of 

 the English Sweet Briar. Lord Pen- 

 zance introduced a large number ot 

 these, most of which bear the names 

 of Scott's heroines. They are of a 

 bushy or climbing nature and perfume 

 the air with the fragrance of their 

 leaves. 



Climbers for Greenhouses 



B. C. Tillett, Hamilton, Ont. 



The general fine appearance of a 

 glasshouse is greatly enhanced when a 

 few climbing plants are trained under 

 the roof-glass or to the sides of the 

 walls on any pillars. We know hov/ 

 empty and bare the glasshouse looks 

 before we put any pot plants in it; in 

 the same degree is its appearance im- 

 proved by a few climbers as when we 

 introduced the first few plants. In the 

 same way a winter garden may be 

 made doubly interesting and twice as 

 attractive to the visiter if a few suit- 

 able climbing plants are introduced 

 and trained over the walls. 



In low houses, climbers that are some- 

 what close-growing look the best, as 

 those making long pendulous shoots 

 would come in the way of persons en- 

 tering the house ; and, furthermore, the 

 full beauty of the plants would not be 

 appreciated. 



In high houses, some of the most 

 vigorous of climbers may be planted 

 with advantage. For example, plum- 

 bagos and bougainvilleas may be given 

 positions- The former will bear shoots 



with flowers two feet six inches long; 

 the latter, shoots with bract flowers 

 five feet long when well grown, and 

 three feet when the rooting medium is 

 rather a poor one. 



Clematis indivisa, grown in a mix- 

 ture of fibrous loam, peat, leaf-mould, 

 and sand, will do nicely trained directly 

 over the paths in any greenhouse and 

 in any aspect. It is a climber that does 

 well in a glasshouse in a town, where 

 possibly much light and sunshine are 

 shut out by high walls or buildings. 



In sunny positions, bougainvillea gla- 

 bra, plumbago— the blue and white 

 kinds— and heliotrope all thrive and 

 blossom remarkably well. 



Fuchsias make capital climbing 

 plants and are specially suitable for 

 pillars and for positions where the 

 strongest sunshine does not reach. One 

 of the best is Rose of Castile Improved. 



The red and white flowered lapa- 

 gerias, especially the white, with its 

 hanging wax-like flowers, do best 

 trained to trellises on the north side of 

 a span-roofed house or the back wall of 

 a lean-to facing south or west. The 

 lapagerias need very little heat. 



The passifloras— passion flowers- 

 are suitable for training under glass of 

 high structures. They will grow twenty 

 feet high, and their long shoots show 

 to best advantage where there is plenty 

 of space for them to show off. 



The climbing lace fern — asparagus 

 plumosus—and the beautiful smilax are 

 two favorites which must not be over- 

 looked. The asparagus fern is too well 

 known to need description. Not only 

 will it succeed under almost any condi- 

 tions, but it is a most useful plant to 

 grow for cutting. The smilax, with its 

 dark glossy foliage, is also useful for 

 decoration. 



The foregoing are a few climbers 

 from which a selection can be made to 

 cover up a wall and to give a more 

 tropical appearance to the glasshouse. 

 Where there is a ver.y large wall space 

 to cover, the following suggestion is 

 made, and I once saw it carried out 

 with great success. Some fine-mesh 

 wire netting (one-inch mesh) was 

 stretched along the bottom of the wall 

 and fastened along the bottom and 

 ends, but not at the top. Behind this 

 moss was rammed in so that the netting 

 was forced out about three inches from 

 the wall, and then another strip was 

 similarly fastened and wired to the bot- 

 tom strip, and so on to within a foot of 

 the roof. In a very little while the 

 newness of the netting wore off and it 

 became quite in^nsible. Over this 

 various climbing plants were trained, 

 such as Euphorbia Splendens — Crown 

 of Thorns^the brilliant red flowers 

 showing off to perfection against the 

 dark moss background. The effect was 

 most pleasing to the ej'e, and the bare 

 wall disappeared- 



