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arches, though its leaves and flowers alike set our 

 rules in favour of smaller blooms in climbers at 

 defiance. Yet, as an arch-clother, the Marechal 

 Niel is simply and wholly magnificent. Its weak- 

 ness at the neck becomes a merit in such a position, 

 as the flowers all drooj) under the arches, where 

 they can be seen to best advantage. Celine Forestier 

 and Triomphe des Rennes, and licve d'Or, also look 

 rich and beautiful on arches, in mild sheltered places. 

 Among the Tea Eoses, Homer, Climbing Devoniensis, 

 Wm. A. Richardson, and the two Glories, Dijon and 

 Bordeaux, are the very best for arches, arbours, &c., 

 though any of the Teas may be planted at the base 

 of the more rampant and truer climbers. Among 

 the more suitable for this purpose are Belle Lyon- 

 naise, Madame Trifle, Safrana, May Paul, Anna 

 Oliver, Innocente Pirola, Madame Denis, Madame B. 

 Durrschmidt (flesh, tinted salmon). The Hybrid Teas, 

 Cheshunt Hybrid, Prince Olga de Wurtemberg, and 

 Reine Marie Henriette, are also admirable on arches. 

 The so-called climbing varieties of the following- 

 Hybrid Perpetuals, and most of those strong-growing 

 sorts already named and described as suitable for 

 pillars and pyramids, are also good for furnishing 

 arches, &c. — Climbing Bessie Johnson, Jules Mar- 

 gottin, Charles Ijcfeb^Te, Victor Yerdier, Captain 

 Christy, Edouai-d Morren, Mdlle. Eugenie Yerdier. 



All the old - fashioned, strong - growing Chinas, 

 such as Gloire de Rosamene, Bourbon, and Noisette 

 Roses with their many hybrids, most of which will 

 be found in our list of garden Roses, are more or less 

 suitable for arches, arbours, &c. Such strong growers 

 as Chenodole, Fulgens, Blairii No. 2, Madame Plan- 

 tier, and Coupe d'Hebe will run over arches ten 

 feet high and twelve feet span. The climbing Aimee 

 Yibert will also run to alm..ost any length. 



But when all this rich and valuable furnishing 

 material is exhausted, it will be needful still to hie 

 back to many of the oldest and hardiest of all our 

 climbing Roses for the furnishing of arches, draping 

 of dependent chains, and clothing of arbours and 

 garden seats with verdure and beauty. 



Much may also be done in these directions by the 

 planting of strong-growing briar and other stocks, 

 carrying them over the arches or other structures to 

 be ultimately clothed with Roses, and budding any 

 suitable sort of Rose — such as the sweet and beauti- 

 fully clustered white Hybrid Perpetual, Boule do 

 Neige— on to the briar, just where they are wanted. 

 The curious possessor of only one arch might clothe 

 it by such simple means with almost any number of 

 separate and distinct Roses. 



Boursault Roses form admirable stocks, and the 

 following are still worth growing for their rampant 

 gi'owth, beauty of foliage alike in summer and 

 autumn, and also for the brightness of their flowers 



whilst they last, which is not long : Amadis, crimson ; 

 and Gracilis, rosy- pink. 



Almost all the Ayrshire Roses are worth growing 

 for these x>iii-poses : the three whites, Thoresbyana, 

 Rampante, and Countess of Lieven ; the two whites 

 with pink or red eyes, Dundee Rambler and Splen- 

 dens, the last the sweetest of the family ; and the 

 well-known flesh-coloured variety Ruga. 



Among semi-evergreen climbing Roses the follow- 

 ing are the best : — 



BanJcsiceJlora. — White, with pale yellow centre. 



Felicite Perpetnellc. — Small, creamy-white. 



Leopoldine, or Adelaide d' Orleans. — White, shaded 

 with rose. 



Myrianthes rcnoncule. — Bluish, edged with ro^:e, the 

 centre sometimes white. 



Donna Maria. — Pure white, flowering in large 

 houses. 



Flora. — Bright rose-coloured. 



Princess Louise. — Rich creamy-white. 



Spectahile. — Rich rosy -pink. 



Princess Jfari^.— Small double red. 



These Roses bloom in large clusters, and conse- 

 quently have a rich effect depending from arches, 

 chains, or arbours. From the fact of some of the 

 clusters containing so many as fifteen to fifty blos- 

 soms, and the staying properties of some of the double 

 varieties, the Evergreen Roses continue a long time 

 in bloom. Two or more of them, Rampante and 

 Spectabile, have also a dash of Perpetual blood in 

 them, and not seldom show a fair sprinkling of bloom 

 in the autumnal months. 



There are several other vigorous and hardy climb- 

 ing Roses, mostly Prairie, or Multiflora Roses, or 

 hybrids from them, 



Prominent among these is La Grifferaie, a pink- 

 coloured Rose of such vigour of growth that it has 

 been much used as a stock. 



Laiirc Lavoust. — Pink, fading into white, very 

 large trusses, rather tender. 



Pusselliana. — Dark crimson. 



Baltimore Belle. — French white, double. 



Madame d'Arhlaij. — Pure white, in large clusters. 



Gem of the Prairies. — Crimson, blotched with white, 

 very fragrant. 



The Garland. — Unique in colour, nankeen and pink 

 fading into white. 



Queen of the Prairies. — Rosy -purple, large and 

 double. 



Madame Vivian Morel. — Bright caiTnine, with 

 rosy -white under petals. 



Setina. — A fine American Rose, \'igorous, with 

 delicate, silvery-pink flowers. 



Tricolour. — Pink, mottled white. 



To these may be added the Fringed Musk Rose, 

 and Rivers' Musk, varieties of rapid growth, that 



