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THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
For covering arches or pergolas the following will prove a 
good selection : Alister Stella Gray, Bouquet d’Or, Conrad F. 
Meyer,' Gloire de Dijon, Reve d’Or, and W. A. Richardson 
(Perpetual-flowering). ; also Dorothy Perkins, White Dorothy, 
Turner’s Crimson Rambler, Hiawatha, Bennett’s Seedling, and 
American Pillar (Summer-flowering). 
Where Roses are required for pegging down so as to form a 
dense mass of foliage and flowers, the reader cannot do better 
than grow the following varieties : Climbing Mrs. Grant, 
Avoca, Hugh Dickson, J. B. Clark, Frau Karl Druschki, Gruss 
an Teplitz, Gustave Regis, Juliet, Madame Jules Gravereaux, 
Lady Waterlow, Beaute de Lyon, W. A. Richardson, and 
Florence H. Veitch. 
For walls there are several kinds of very beautiful free 
flowering Roses which will not fail to give satisfaction. On a 
wall facing north, Ards Rover, Bouquet d’Or, Gloire de Dijon, 
Conrad F. Meyer, Climbing Aimee Vibert, and Felicite-et- 
perpetue, generally do well. On one facing east grow those 
just named, with the addition of Climbing Caroline Testout 
and Climbing Mrs. Grant. On that facing west, W. A. 
Richardson, Zephirin Drouhin, Madame Alfred Carriere, Climb- 
ing Richmond, and Lady Ashtown, are suitable sorts to grow. 
Lastly, on a south wall, the Yellow Banksian, Lamarque, Tea 
Rambler, Alister Stella Gray, Francois Crousse, and Climbing 
Liberty, are specially suitable kinds to grow. 
A word as to culture. Roses prefer a good loamy soil. It 
the soil should be very heavy clay, trench it deeply, add plenty 
of decayed refuse, rotten manure, burnt ashes, etc., to lighten 
it. If light or sandy, add clay and plenty of decayed cow 
manure to consolidate it. Planting is best done in October 
or November or in March or April. Avoid winter planting. 
Standards should be 3ft. apart, and dwarfs i8in. asunder. 
Pruning should be done in March or April, commencing first 
with roses on walls, then with the Hybrid Perpetuals, Moss, 
and Provence roses, finishing up in April with the Teas, 
Hybrid Teas, Chinas, and Polyanthas. The moderate growing 
H.P.’s should be pruned to 3in. ; Moderate H.T.’s to 4m. ; 
moderate Teas to 3m. Vigorous H.P.’s should be pruned to 
8 or ioin. ; H.T.’s to 6 or 8in. ; Teas, 6 to gin. ; very vigorous 
H.P.’s to 18 or aoin. ; H.T.’s 15 to 24m. 5 Teas, 2 to 3ft. In all 
cases cut away weak or sappy growths. China, Miniature 
Pompon, Moss and Cabbage roses need to have weak growths 
removed and other shoots shortened one-half their length. 
The Austrian Briars, Scotch, and Hybrid Sweet Briars, Bank- 
sian, and Japanese roses only need to have dead and weak 
wood removed. The Noisettes require pruning like the very 
