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Pillars which are recurrent. Perhaps no question is more often 
asked than, "Do you know any good everblooming climbing 
Roses?” While not quite everblooming, there is a class of Half- 
Tender Pillar Roses which bloom more than once. Many of them 
come from Australia, such as Black Boy, Scorcher, Miss Marian 
Manifold and Kitty Kinnimoth. All are most desirable and are 
gaining steadily in popularity. 
Then there is the long list of the less rank-growing Hybrid-Tea 
Climbers, increasing every year as the new varieties throw climb¬ 
ing sports. They are much easier to handle than their taller sisters. 
Columbia, Sunburst and Ophelia do well spread out fanwise 
against a fence or trellis. They develop blooming branches from 
those "eyes” or "buds” exposed to the sun, and should have their 
canes trained as nearly horizontal as possible instead of straight 
up. The only pruning they require is to cut off flower stems and 
any diseased or very old wood. Some of the best are Climbing 
Herriot, Mrs. Aaron Ward, Souvenir de Claudius Denoyel, Lady 
Ashtown (the hardiest and best pink), Rose Marie, Los Angeles, 
Hoosier Beauty, Killarney, Irish Fireflame, Clara Bow, Kaiserin 
Auguste Vikoria, Gen. McArthur and Hadley, and two Climbing 
Teas, Lady Hillingdon and Papa Gontier. 
To this group may be added also the climbing forms of two 
Polyanthas, Auguste Kordes, or Climbing Lafayette, and Climbing 
Cecile Brunner. They are mildew proof, a most singular advantage 
in a climbing Rose. Cecile Brunner is densely clothed with almost 
evergreen foliage and makes a good-looking vine. Auguste Kordes 
is most highly recommended for training on a pillar and for fes¬ 
toons. Its early bloom is abundant and after being established, it 
repeats in the Fall. Its only fault is a none-too-fast color, the bright 
cherry red turning to pink. 
To conclude the everblooming Pillars with a description of a 
certain Hybrid Bracteata is like leaving the best for the last. It 
must have been too enchanting to its originator to be burdened 
with a harsh human soubriquet like some of its unfortunate sis¬ 
ters. Looking at its immaculate white or pale yellow loveliness, he 
gave it one of the most charming names in the Rose world, Mer- 
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