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witli the surface, and see that a bottom space, a foot 

 or so deep, is left under the hung-hole for the free 

 escape of water, fill up with the richest half-and- 

 half of good loam and manure that can he found, 

 and plant the Roses in it, watering the roots home. 

 They will not disappoint the planter. 



As to size of cask, that is very much a matter of 

 taste, means, and Ambition. The bigger the cask, 

 the larger the Rose that may be grown in it, and the 

 longer the plants will continue in health and 

 beauty. Either six, 

 nine, twelve, 

 twenty - four, or 

 thirty - six gallon 

 casks may be best 

 according to cir- 

 cumstances. There 

 is, however, con- 

 ,:iderable difficulty 

 in sinking the 

 larger - sized casks 

 near to the tree 

 without serious in- 

 jury to its roots. 

 This difficulty may 

 be avoided, and the 

 cask itself made 

 into a thing of 

 beauty, by draping 

 it round with a por- 

 tion of the Rose 

 run up the tree, 

 or, better still, by 

 planting a second 

 specially for this 

 purpose. 



A similar mode 

 of planting may be 

 adopted on lawns 

 where the soil is un- 

 suitable for Roses. 



Place one or more old beer or other barrels where a 

 gTOup or mass of Roses is wanted ; fill with good 

 soil ; plant with Roses, and allow these to scramble 

 or run over them till the whole are overrun and 

 canopied with verdure and beauty. Even the 

 height of the casks becomes an important factor in 

 raising and diversifying the height of the masses 

 planted thus. 



Such complete methods of isolating the roots also 

 provide special facilities for feeding them either 

 with solid or liquid manure. The casks, especially 

 tar and oil ones, last long in or on the soil, and while 

 they hold together it is certain that the Rose- 

 voots alone have the soil inside them wholly to 

 themselves. 



EosE iif A Case upon- a Lawx. 



Roses on Walls and Chimneys.— Chimneys 

 are at once the most bald and difficult subjects to 

 deal with in our landscapes ; and yet they are en- 

 dowed with horticultural merits far beyond the 

 average piles of bricks and mortar that cry out in 

 all directions for floral furnishing. They not only 

 afford good support, but also furnish much-needed 

 warmth for some of our finest Tea and other Roses. 

 One of the most ornamental chimneys ever seen by 

 the writer was enwreathed with a climbing Devo- 



niensis Rose that 

 reached its summit, 

 and richly draped 

 it with garlands of 

 beauty. Taller 

 chimneys with less 

 warmth, and in 

 bleaker places, could 

 be clothed with the 

 more rampant' and 

 vigorous - growing- 

 Ayrshire and Ever- 

 green Roses, or the 

 more robust Hybrid 

 Perpetuals, some of 

 which will run 

 under favourable 

 conditions from one 

 to three yards in a 

 year. The Bank- 

 sian Roses, again, 

 with their neat 

 glossy leaA-es and 

 myriads of daisy- 

 like blooms, are ad- 

 mirable as chimney 

 clothers. 



Chm-ch - towers 

 are mostly bare of 

 verdure, or vener- 

 able with Ivy. 

 Occasionally, however, one meets with examples of 

 the towers and walls of churches clothed upon with 

 Gloire de Dijon, Marechal Kiel, and other Roses. 

 The first is the very best for this purpose, will climb 

 to the top of the highest tower or wall in an incredi- 

 bly short time, with its roots in the fat churchyard, 

 and its branches and flowers looking in at the 

 windows, forming charming and appropriate accom- 

 paniments to the sights and sounds of worship. 



Roses have often been employed more or less, 

 though far too sparingly, for clothing the gable-ends 

 and walls of dwelling-houses. "VSTiere houses front 

 to the west, as they often do, the southern gable-end 

 fm-nishes the best possible site for the more delicate 

 Tea-roses. The southern aspect still fui-ther im- 



