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should be trained spirally around the outside of the pillar, 

 and sufficiently near each other to enable them to fill up 

 the intermediate space with their foliage. These leading 

 shoots will then form the permanent wood, and the young 

 side shoots, pruned in from year to year, wall produce the 

 flowers, and at the flowering season cover the whole pil- 



Fig. 5.— PILLAR ROSE. Fig. 6.— ROSE PYRAMID. 



lar with a mass of rich and showy bloom. Figure 5 gives 

 the appearance of a pillar of this kind. If the tops of 

 the leading shoots die dow^n at all, they should be shortened 

 dowm to the first strong eye, because, if a w^eak bud is 

 left at the top, its growth will be slender for a long time. 

 The grow^th of diflerent varieties of roses is very varied ; 

 some make delicate shoots, and require little room, while 

 others, like the Queen of the Prairies, are exceedingly ro- 

 bust, and may require a larger pillar than the size we have 

 mentioned. Figure 6 shows the method of constructing 

 a pyramid by the use of a central post and iron rods. 



