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do to plant Evangeline on a single arch, for too 

 much splendid growth would have to be sacrificed. 

 But on a double arch with benches between, a 

 three-year-old Evangeline planted at each side in 

 deep rich soil, well limed, will completely cover the 

 arch in less than two Summers. Yes, Evangeline 

 will send lovely flower-crowned laterals in every 

 direction and as it blooms later than the other 

 ramblers and is immune from mildew and blight, 

 it certainly is a mo^ desirable and valuable rose. 



^ After it has flowered and the faded blossoms 

 are pruned away with at lea^ one half of the laterals 

 on which they bloomed, your rose arch is sheathed 

 in shining, dark green vines that are never bare 

 near the base, or at the base, for Evangeline is 

 foliaged right to the ground. This is another ex- 

 cellent quality that a rambler rose should possess. 

 ^ Evangeline is obtainable from several nurseries. 

 It is completely hardy in New England, as is also 

 American Pillar, but I think it wise to mound up 

 around it about eight or ten inches of loam and 

 rotted ^able manure, half and half, in localities 

 where the cold is likely to reach more than ten 



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