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amazingly, and now seems to gain the mastery, the plant 

 being now over 70 feet round. Within this space the 

 plant forms an irregular undulating mound, in all parts so 

 densely covered with Roses that not so much as a hand's 

 breadth is left vacant anywhere, and the Laurel branches are 

 quite hidden, and in fact are now dying, smothered by the 

 Rose. The plant has been a perfect sheet of bloom for 

 a month or more, and there are thousands of buds yet to 

 expand, and hundreds of bunches of buds had been cut just 

 at the opening stage — ^when they are neater and whiter than 

 a Gardenia — to send away. Except against walls, there is no 

 need to prune climbing Roses. Left to themselves, they give 

 the best bloom in deep, strong soil, and with a fair amount of 

 light on all sides.' 



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CLTMBIKG ROSE on grasl. 



