Clematis 
and Rose 
for the 
Pergola 
and deep purple Clematis, or Clematis montana and red Rose, 
of which a sketch is given. Though the modern pergola 
—often bearing but little resemblance to the real thing—is 
somewhat done to death in small gardens utterly unsuited to 
such erections, it lends itself admirably in more spacious grounds 
to the growing of climbing plants according to their natural 
tendencies. ‘The Rambler Roses which lose half their beauty— 
and health—when trimmed and pruned and nailed into neat- 
ness, here find the chance they desire, to roam according to their 
nature. But in planting a pergola it is well to bear in mind 
that, delightful as the Ramblers are, their season is comparatively 
a short one, and that a pergola bare of blossom by the middle of 
August is but a dreary sight. This, however, may be avoided 
if we make a judicious mixture of autumn flowering Roses with 
them; while even the summer Rose’s season may now, thanks 
to the many new varieties, be spread over a good three months. 
Beginning with Ayrshires and Penzance Sweetbriars in May, 
the whole tribe of Ramblers and Wichurianas will carry us on 
by an exquisite progression through June and July, while the 
enchanting Dorothy Perkins is in full beauty in August. When 
with these we plant that rampant and beautiful hybrid Rugosa 
F. Conrad Meyer, the crimson Longworth Rambler, Ards 
Rover, Reine Olga de Wurtemburg, and Gruss an Teplitz, 
the pure white Mme. Alfred Carriére, the lemon yellow and 
buff Céline Forestier, Alister Stella Gray, Belle Lyonaise, and 
Réve a’Or, the pink Climbing Captain Christy and Lady 
Waterlow, to choose but a few favourites at random among the 
scores of autumn Roses, we may ensure a constant succession of 
bloom from April to November. But Roses are not all. If 
with them we mingle mauve, purple, and white Clematis, their 
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