314 THE BOOK OF THE ROSE chap. 



Evergreens, are the quickest and longest growers of 

 all Roses, blooming in clusters in the summer only. 

 There is nothing to equal them for quickly and 

 thickly covering a space, either for walls, pillars, 

 arches, pergolas, or even as hedges by themselves. 

 Trained a little at first to grow among the branches 

 of a half-dead tree, they should then be left to them- 

 selves, and the highest shoots will hang down when 

 no longer supported, and will be a mass of bloom for 

 a short time in the following summer. They will 

 cover an ordinary-sized summer-house, forming in 

 time a deep, thick mat all over the roof. Budded on 

 Standard stocks 8 or 9 feet high they make the most 

 perfect weeping Roses, at last quite hiding the stems, 

 and becoming huge bushes. They differ but little, 

 except in colour, which can be learnt from the 

 Catalogues. Among the best known are : — Ayrshire, 

 Dundee Rambler and Splendens ; Bennett's seedling 

 or TJioresbyana : Evergreen, Felicite et Perpehie 

 and Madame D'Arhlay. 



Banksias. — Tender Roses, which require a warm 

 wall, and must not be pruned or even tipped, only the 

 dead and unwanted wood being cut out. They will 

 not flower much till well established, and have quite 

 small blooms in large clusters. There are only two 

 varieties, in general cultivation, the White (Kew, 

 1807), very sweetly and characteristically scented, and 

 the Yellow (R. H. S., 1824), with smaller, scentless 

 flowers, but more of them. 



Blush Bambler (B. R. Cant & Sons, 1903).— This 

 beautiful Rose is quite the best of the descendants 

 of Crimson Rambler. Very strong in growth, 

 producing large clusters of beautiful apple blossom- 

 like flowers — single, but lasting well on the plant. 

 One of the best for pillar, pergola or hedge. It has 



