136 A BOOK ABOUT ROSES 



many of the Hybrid Bourbon, Hybrid China, and 

 Gallican Roses will reach the eaves of an ordinary 

 dwelling, as I have proved with Charles Lawson 

 and with Coupe d'H^be ; and in a decade the side 

 of a good-sized house might be decorated with such 

 a grower as Blairii 2. The bloom is early, ample, 

 and magnificent ; but as it is brief, and there is no 

 aftermath, I would only advise these Roses to be 

 introduced where mural space is superabundant. 



Climbing Victor Verdier, introduced by Mr. Paul 

 of Cheshunt, has mounted the wall of my gardener's 

 house to the height of 12 feet, and blooms beauti- 

 fully.^ Many others of the Hybrid Perpetuals 

 would also, I am assured, by the experiments which 

 I have made, attain grand proportions if grown 

 upon walls ; but the best of all red Climbing Roses 

 ' is Cheshunt Hybrid, with its large, glossy foliage, 

 and its glowing, well-formed flowers. Souvenir de 

 la Malmaison, Bourbon, also spreads itself high and 

 wide upon a southern wall. In all these cases I 

 should prefer to plant Rose-trees upon their own 

 roots, if I could have them strong and clean : in the 

 last case. Souvenir de la Malmaison, this condition 

 is inseparable from a successful issue, 



^ Climbing Captain Christy, Niphetos, and Perle des Jardins are also 

 great acquisitions, but I find that in several instances these * sports ' 

 are inclined, so far as growth is concerned, to ' revert to type.' 



