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fragrance and colour. This approaches one's ideal 

 of what a rose garden should be — a warm massing 

 of colour, provided by the favourites of old and the 

 newer varieties and hybrids which have been raised 

 in recent years. 



Raisers are now directing attention to climbing 

 roses which flower in the autumn months. Dwarf 

 or bush plants give freely of their dainty clusters 

 until the eve of Christmas when the weather is 

 kind, but few blooms linger on the climbers. 

 Aimde Vibert may have a few of its white clusters, 

 and perhaps a rosy bud may peep from the still 

 green leaves of Dorothy Perkins, but there is no 

 abundance. If only one were able to bring the 

 flower beauty of June and July to September and 

 October how great would be the joy of the lover 

 of the rose I 



Many English gardens boast of a pergola which 

 brings thoughts of sunny Italy to our mind. The 

 pergola has been the means of enabling one to 

 grow climbing plants, and roses in particular, in a 

 way one could not do before, and a well-built 

 structure when covered with blossom is a garden 

 picture fair to see. In the illustration of Brantwood 

 Dorothy Perkins is a sea of pink, and this is just 

 the right rose for such a place, against the first 



