268 . VINES 
justly, one of the most highly esteemed summer-. 
flowering shrubs of trailing habit. Its numerous 
flowers are small, about one half inch in diameter, 
but the bright, glossy-green foliage makes it a 
handsome plant for trellis use, even when it is 
out of flower. In the matter of hardiness, there 
are few plants that will excel the memorial rose, 
and where it becomes established, it will self- 
sow in great profusion. It makes very long 
shoots and can easily be trained to cover the 
entire front of the piazza of an average suburban 
dwelling. The leaves are almost evergreen, and 
this characteristic has been carried to some 
extent into its hybrids. Inthe majority of cases, 
however, the hybrids do not carry their foliage 
all winter, but retain them until very late in 
December. For that reason alone, they merit 
some consideration, as they would be decorative 
plants even though they never flowered. 
This group of climbing roses surpasses the other 
two in one great, important quality. It does 
not make one burst of flower and then rest, but 
continues producing its blossoms almost con- 
tinuously from July until September or October, 
and in one or two instances (as in the case of 
Débutante), varieties continue to flower until 
stopped by the frost. This quality of this group 
