86 THE ROSE BOOK 



a bag of soot or horse or cow manure in a large tub 

 of water, diluted with an equal quantity of water 

 before use. 



It is not often that one sees pillar roses really v/ell 

 grown, yet they are very beautiful, and it is only as 

 pillar roses that some varieties are seen at their best. 

 I have, I think, never seen a more brilliant rose picture 

 than in a garden at Bath a few years ago, where the 

 variety Wallflower, having large bright-red blooms, was 

 grown on poles. The latter were smothered in gorgeous 

 colouring — so free were the flowers that the leaves were 

 almost hidden. Few beginners realise that the rose is 

 what gardeners call a " gross-feeding " plant, that is to 

 say, it can scarcely be given too much plant food of 

 the right sort when it is established, and pillar roses are 

 especially benefited by this treatment. 





