A GRAND NEW HARDY CLIMBING 
PERGOLA ROSE, AMERICAN PILLAR. 
^MERICAN PILLAR, as its name indicates, belongs to the Pillar section of Roses, 
and can be classed with the /?«««/<? Deans type, but in every way it is a decided 
improvement. The flowers are large and often measure four Inches across, of a 
most fascinating and chaste rosy pink colour, with a broad band of white at the 
base of florets, while in the centre of each blossom is a large cluster of bright 
yellow stamens. It throws enormous trusses, and as soon as one bloom becomes 
exhausted there is always another ready to take its place and continue in bloom 
for fully six weeks ; one of the chief characteristics of American Pillar is that it will 
stand the rain, wind, and sun, and does not spot or become disfigured. When 
other Single Roses are looking an object of misery after a storm, this novelty 
will be found as fresh as a daisy. It has an extraordinary constitution, thriving 
rin poor soil as well as in rich, and making shoots from 1 0 to 15 feet long in 
one season. In fact, it is more robust than the old common Dog Rose, it has stout, 
thick pendula branches, rather thorny, but furnished with an abundance of 
glossy dark green leaves, each stem having nine leaflets instead of the usual seven or 
five, which gives the bush a very rich effect, and so far as our experience goes it is 
immune from mildew and insects. Both for Pergolas and for forcing purposes it 
has no rival in Single Roses. A gem of the first water, it can be cut and carried 
any distance under ordinary conditions, and with no apparent Injury. It needs 
no gumming. The blooms are carried erect on stiff stems, and in a cut state they 
are highly decorative and attractive. We predict a great future for this variety, and 
anticipate it will be sought after as much and probably more so than that grand 
old Crimson Rambler. For Pergolas, Arches, &c., it stands right out owing to its 
remarkable distinctness ; it captivates the eye at once, and causes one to exclaim : 
“Whatever can that lovely mass of colour be?” It is truly a grand addition to 
our garden scenerv. 
Plants in Pots, 5s. each; larger, 7s. 6d. & 10s. each. 
