showy and effective for a wild spot. We should make the most Single 
of these two particular Roses while in bloom, for by the middle Roses 
of June they will be over and will not flower again till another 
winter is passed. 
It is very pleasant to see and hear how much the single 
and semi-single Roses are grown nowadays, for they have a 
beauty all their own and a shape when in full bloom which, in 
some opinions, is unsurpassed even by the opulent beauty of 
those which appear later. I have seen, and should like to see 
more frequently, great stretches of single Roses in gardens where 
there is room to spare, and more particularly in drives and at 
entrances where so often there is little else but the ubiquitous 
Rhododendrons (sometimes all Ponticum), which, although 
beautiful in their way if judiciously used, are nevertheless apt to 
become monotonous and uninteresting. 
In a stretch or bed of single Roses there are many which 
would climb up poles, and many which form low and dense 
bushes no higher than four to five feet or less, and then there 
are some of the Wichuriana low growing kinds, which trail 
along the ground and fill up gaps, so that in a year or two the 
whole stretch is one tangle of varied colourings of leaf and 
bloom. 
Among the best climbers for this purpose are :— 
Dawn. Penzance Briars. 
Una. River's Musk—sweetest of 
Brunonts. all scents. 
Arvensis, “ Miss Jekyll.” Blush Rambler. 
Polyantha. Waltham Rambler. 
Macrantha. Nivea. 
Rosa Alba. Electra. 
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