82 THE WILD GARDEN. 
Robinia, they would grow quicker and flower sooner; but this is not 
necessary, for even if grown near a thick-foliaged tree they will soon 
bring their branches to the outside for the light. But besides climbing 
Roses, there is another way in which Roses may be combined with 
trees to great advantage, viz. by planting some of the taller-growing 
bushes in rough grassy places. These would grow from 6 feet to 10 
feet high, and would flower well.in such a position. “For such a 
purpose the old Dutch Apple Rose (Rosa villosa var. pomifera) would 
be very suitable, and so would R. cinnamomea, R. fraxinifolia, R. 
gallica, R. rubifolia, and the common monthly China. And if growers 
would rear the perpetual and other Roses by autumnal cuttings instead 
of by budding, they might have hundreds and thousands of fine Roses 
which would do well planted in the woods and plantations. 
Another correspondent, Mr. Greenwood Pim, writes refer- 
ring to the preceding note :— 
I have two large exotic Hawthorns—round-headed standards, 
growing close together, so that their edges touch, forming, as it were, 
two gentle hills with a valley between, and sloping down to within 
about 6 ft. of the lawn. Of these one is Crategus Crus-galli; the 
other C. tanacetifolia, Behind, and partly through these, climbs a very 
old Noisette Rose—all that now remains of an arched trellis—producing 
a vast number of bunches of white flowers, six or eight together, and 
about 14 in, or 2 in. across. The old gnarled stem of the Rose is 
scarcely noticeable amongst those of the Thorns till it reaches the top 
of them, whence it descends between the trees in a regular torrent of 
blossom, in addition to occupying the topmost boughs of the Cockspur 
Thorn. The general effect is almost that of a large patch of snow 
between two bright green hills—a combination very common in the 
higher districts of Switzerland. A smaller plant of the same Rose has 
recently been trained up a large Arbor-vite which, from moving, has 
lost its lower branches for some 4 ft. or 5 ft., and has its stem clothed 
with Ivy. It is now festooned with snowy flowers hanging down from 
and against the dark green of the Arbor-vite and Ivy, forming a 
charming contrast. It seems a great pity that we do not oftener thus 
wed one tree to another—a stout and strong to a slender and clinging 
one, as Virgil in the “ Georgics” talks of wedding the Vine to the Elm, 
as is, I believe, done to this day in Italy. 
