156 A BOOK ABOUT ROSES 



attention. I would advise that these tall specimens 

 be moved somewhat earlier than the usual time for 

 transplanting, so that, when firmly secured in their 

 place, and freely watered, they may be induced to 

 make roots, and gain some hold of the ground before 

 the winter begins. A strong iron stake, set side by 

 side with the stem, and surrounding it just below 

 the junction of the buds with a semi-globular frame- 

 work, the Vv^hole apparatus resembling a parasol with 

 a quadruple allowance of stick, will be the best 

 support for the tree (fixed deeply in the ground, of 

 course, as directed for the Pillar Roses), and will 

 enable the amateur to dispose the branches at regular 

 intervals, so that they will finally form a fair dome of 

 Roses — such a floral fountain as may have played in 

 the fancy of our Laureate when he wrote — 



* The white Rose weeps, she is late.' 



And now we have passed through the Rose-clad 

 walls — through the Rose-wreathed colonnades and 

 courts of the outer palace — into the anteroom of that 

 presence-chamber where we shall see, in brilliant 

 assemblage, the beauty and the chivalry of the 

 Queen of Flowers. 



