SELECTION 137 



Even the varieties of those Tea -scented Roses 

 which have been thought too deHcate for outdoor 

 culture, will in many instances follow the example 

 of William Allen Richardson and Tldeal, and will 

 make robust growth when placed against a warm 

 wall and mulched in winter. I had a plant of 

 Souvenir d'un Ami, 7 feet in height, in which a 

 thrush built her nest and safely reared her young. 



It must, however, be borne in mind, that in the 

 majority of cases there is neither the place nor the 

 patience for these specimens. Climbing Roses are 

 required, as a rule, to do their work quickly ; and 

 we will therefore proceed to consider those varieties 

 which have been selected by the Rose-merchants, 

 and proposed to us in their catalogues, for this 

 purpose — the Ayrshire, the Evergreen, the Banksian, 

 the Boursault, and others. 



The Ayrshire and Evergreen Roses — it should be 

 Evergreen, if the weather permit — have many claims 

 upon our grateful admiration. If we have an ugly, 

 red-faced, staring wall, which seems to glory in its 

 ugliness, they will hide its deformities more quickly 

 than any other Rose or any other creeper (unless 

 it be the Amphilopsis, and this is deciduous) with 

 which I have acquaintance. Only give them a good 

 start, as you give an Irishman ^jist a hint' of whisky 

 before you send him on an errand ; and, however 



