An artistic treatment of a porch. Brenda, a Lord Penzance hybrid sweet brier 

 on a permanent, wooden lattice worh 



Chicken wire on a porch is convenient and cheap but not particularly original 

 or artistic. Climbing Cecile Brunner 



Five Months of Bloom from Climbing Roses-By w. McCollom, 



THREE GROUPS OF PILLAR ROSES FOR VERANDA AND PERGOLA THAT WILL GIVE CONTINUOUS SUCCESSION 

 OF BLOOM FROM JUNE TO OCTOBER— HOW THE TENDEREST ROSES MAY BE KEPT ALIVE FOR YEARS 



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AMONG the host of roses there are a 

 score or so that rank among the 

 showiest and most popular of summer flower- 

 ing climbers, yet somehow the word "roses" 

 does not conjure up these vines. Among 

 them we get wide range of bright colors with 

 pleasing fragrance, together with the fact 

 that they are roses. There is a subtle charm 

 in that alone, and when the ease of cultiva- 

 tion is also considered, it is some wonder that 

 they are not more commonly esteemed. 



In recent years, the introduction of many 

 hybrid climbing roses has served to direct 

 attention to the possibilities of this class of 

 plants for pillars, and especially on verandas. 

 Some of these newer kinds have special 

 merit, but the older ones are by no means to 

 be forgotten. We can now have climbing 

 roses in flower continuously from June to 

 October, inclusive. 



There are three distinctly marked groups 

 of climbing roses: 



i. Multiflora, flowering in June. 



2. Setigera, flowering in June. 



3. Wichuraiana, flowering from July to 

 September. 



The last named group has become avail- 

 able only since 1893, and some of its more 

 recent hybrids promise to extend the season 



of bloom right up to frost. The hybridist 

 has been very active in blending varieties of 

 these three groups so that the lines of divi- 

 sion are rapidly becoming less clearly 

 marked. 



Without a doubt, the popular Crimson 

 Rambler, the best known variety of this 

 earliest flowering group, is also the best dark 

 red flowered climber, and gave a great 

 impetus to pillar planting for flower effect. 

 It comes into bloom in June but it is, un- 

 fortunately, very liable to mildew. 



Very like it and flowering about ten days 

 earlier, just when the rose bugs are abundant, 

 is Philadelphia, but it is not so liable to 

 mildew. So you may take your choice 

 according to conditions. The best pink rose 

 of this same type is Dorothy Perkins. 



Pink Roamer contests the place of honor 

 among the pink-flowered varieties, but the 

 blossoms are small, though so very numerous 

 that the plant in its season is a solid mass of 

 bloom. Another drawback is that it is 

 greatly relished by the rose bug, which seems 

 to attack it with especial vigor. It flowers in 

 early June. Other good pinks of the Ram- 

 bler type are Dawson (double) and Wedding 

 Bells (semi-double, pink with white centre). 



The best white rose of this type is the 

 330 



White Rambler (Thalia) and the best yellow 

 is the Yellow Rambler (Aglaia). Both 

 flower at almost the same time as Crimson 

 Rambler, possibly a few days later. 



Helene is a deep-rose color, single and 

 very fragrant. This last greatly resembles 

 the type Rosa multiflora, which produces its 

 profusion of pure white flowers in immense 

 trusses about the middle of June. 



The second group, or intermediate bloom- 

 ing climbing roses, which closely follow upon 

 those of the early, or multiflowered group 

 in July, are also derivatives from our beauti- 

 ful native prairie rose (Rosa setigera). The 

 type itself is one of the most satisfactory of 

 all plants for covering rocks, fences or walls. 

 It is very hardy, is not particular as to soil, 

 and, as would naturally be expected of a 

 native plant, it will thrive in situations where 

 all others roses fail utterly. 



Although these roses are easy to grow, too 

 much care and attention cannot be given to 

 the selection of a proper site, and to the 

 preparation of the soil at the outset. These 

 provided, other material factors can be after- 

 ward remedied to a certain extent. First 

 of all stands location. If this is unfavorable 

 all other factors count for nought. Sunshine 

 is essential ; exposure to the sun all day is not 



