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and multiflora ramblers. These have close, almost 

 evergreen foliage, and produce, on long pendulous 

 shoots, numerous bunches of highly coloured and fragrant 

 flowers. Some are perpetual ; all bloom over a period 

 of some weeks ; they break continually from the base, 

 and the laterals hang down with the abandon necessary 

 to a pergola. 



As to the treatment of Roses grown in this way : — 



The first point is to clothe the pergola as quickly as 

 possible; therefore, rapid growing varieties should be 

 chosen, which may afterwards be supplemented, when 

 necessary, as recommended above. During the spring, 

 after planting, the branches should be shortened 

 according to the size of the plant and the effects of 

 the previous winter ; the second year thin out carefully, 

 retaining the best shoots of the previous year for the 

 sake of the blooms and the best and strongest base- 

 shoots to reach overhead. When thoroughly estab- 

 lished, the plants should be pruned in the early autumn 

 as follows : — 



Begin by cutting away all inferior or dead wood, 

 care being taken that the shoots left are not too 

 numerous. At the same time it is very important that 

 those shoots which will carry some flower overhead 

 should be retained. 



When the pruning is completed and when re-tying 

 the shoots, avoid tying too closely, as air and light are 

 the chief factors in causing the lateral "eyes" to break. 

 Reference to pages 30 to 74 will direct the reader to the 

 treatment for any particular variety, but as a general rule 

 Roses on pergolas will require less pruning, and more 

 training and tying, than is the case with those on 



