JUNE 79 



picture of my neighbour, Mrs. Edgeler, picking me a 

 bunch, from her bush, shows how freely they flower, 

 and what fine standards they make. I have taken the 

 hint, and have now some big round-headed standards, 

 the heads a yard through, of the lovely Celeste and of 

 Madame Plantier, that are worth looking at, though 

 one of them is rather badly-shaped this year, for my 

 handsome Jack (donkey) ate one side of it when he 

 was waiting outside the studio door, while his cart-load 

 of logs for the ingle fire was being unloaded. 



What a fine thing, among the cluster Roses, is the 

 old Dundee Rambler ! I trained one to go up a rather 

 upright green Holly about twenty-five feet high, and 

 now it has rushed up and tumbles out at the top and 

 sides in masses of its pretty bloom. It is just as good 

 grown as a " fountain," giving it a free space where it 

 can spread at will with no training or support what- 

 ever. These two ways I think are much the best for 

 growing the free, rambling Roses. In the case of 

 the fountain, the branches arch over and display the 

 flowers to perfection; if you tie your Rose up to a 

 tall post or train it over an arch or pergola, the birds 

 flying overhead have the best of the show. The 

 Garland Rose, another old sort, is just as suitable for 

 this kind of growth as Dundee Rambler, and the 

 individual flowers, of a tender blush-colour, changing 

 to white, are even more delicate and pretty. 



The newer Crimson Rambler is a noble plant for 

 th§ same use, in sunlight gorgeous of bloom, and always 



