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the Rose having long, lissom, drooping branches. 

 All the Climbing Roses selected in the preceding 

 chapter, except the Banksian, which must have a 

 wall, are admirable for the purpose — the Ayrshire 

 and Sempervirens being the first to fulfil their 

 mission, covering the framework in two or three 

 summers with their white clustering Roses and 

 deep-green glossy leaves ; and all the summer Roses 

 which I have selected for pillars, omitting Paul 

 Ricaut, are equally to be commended for arches 

 also, and soon meet each other upon them when 

 generously and judiciously treated. 



These arches and arcades might be introduced 

 with a pleasing effect in other places away from the 

 Rosarium — in those plantation walks, for example, 

 which are attached to many of our country residences; 

 and these Climbing Roses might be planted by 

 landlords of generosity and taste, so as to make 

 unsightly buildings ornamental, and to render many 

 a plain cottage more cheerful and homelike. I 

 should like to see them more frequently at our 

 railway stations — and why not upon our railway 

 bridges and embankments ? How striking and 

 beautiful thereon would be such a torrent of white 

 Roses as I have seen at Sawbridgeworth, covering 

 the bank between the road and the home of my 

 dear friend Thomas Rivers. Almost everywhere 



