ROSES FOR THE WILD GARDEN. 85 
the climbing or pillar Roses, the less they are touched the 
better. Of course we are not alluding to the Rosery proper, 
but of Roses in their more natural aspect, as when planted to 
hide fences, cover rockeries, or as striking objects on lawns. 
Except against walls, and in similar situations, there is no 
occasion to prune climbing Roses. Left to themselves, they 
make by fat the grandest display, and to insure this it is only 
necessary to provide them with a good, deep, strong soil at 
the beginning, and to let them have a fair amount of light on 
all sides. Whether planting be carried out with the object 
above described, or for the purpose of covering naked tree 
stumps or limbs, or for draping any unsightly object whatever, 
liberal treatment in the first instance is the main thing. A 
good soil makes all the difference in time and in the perma- 
nent vigour of the tree, and were we desirous of having a 
great Rose tree (whether it be a common Ayrshire or a Gloire 
de Dijon, that we expected to produce thousands of blooms in 
a few years), we should, if the soil were not naturally strong 
and deep, provide a well-drained pit and fill it with two or 
three good cartloads of sound loam and manure; thus treated, 
the result is certain, provided an unrestricted growth be per- 
mitted.” 
Roses on grass are a pleasant feature of the wild garden. 
No matter what the habit of the rose, provided it be free and 
hardy, and growing on its own roots, planting on the grass 
will suit it well. So treated, the more vigorous climbers 
would form thickets of flowers, and graceful vigorous shoots. 
They will do on level grass, and be still more picturesque on 
banks or slopes. 
The following description, by Mr. E. Andre, of Roses in 
