THE GARDENING WORLD. 
January 30, 1909. 
iweet ■ Briers; Climbing Polyantha Roses, 
warf China Roses, dwarf Polyantha Roses, 
Coisettes, and all the varieties and hybrids 
.f Rosa wichuraiana. You do not tell us 
.hat class of Roses you have. In many gar- 
ens there are some of the above-named, 
'ou are more likely to have Hybrid Per- 
etual and Hybrid Tea Roses, which should 
j e pruned towards the end of March—say, 
a the third or. fourth week. Tea Roses and 
loisettes should be pruned during the first 
ortnight of April. The climbing varieties 
elonging to the three last-mentioned sec- 
ions should really be thinned out after they 
ave finished flowering in summer and then 
iven the remainder of the necessary trim- 
ling during March. The time of pruning 
lentioned for II.P., H.T., and T. Roses 
rould be suitable for those intended for 
xhibition. 
TREES AND SHRUBS. 
581. Clematis for Doorways. 
I wish to plant a couple of Clematis to 
aver two doorways facing south. Could 
ou advise me as to which is the best dark 
urple and the best pale lavender; also, 
•hen to plant the same? (A. G. Hender- 
DN, Stafford.) 
One of the best of the dark purple Clema- 
s would be C. Jackmannii superba, which 
as dark violet-purple flowers. The stems 
rould be cut down within 9 in, to 12 in. 
f the ground in November. The young 
roots have then to be fastened up as they 
row during the summer, and the}'’ will 
loom in August and September. A beauti- 
rl pale lavender variety is Clematis Venus 
'ictrix. It belongs to the Florida type, and 
hould be pruned in February, merely re- 
loving some of the weak wood and a por- 
ion of the old wood, but leaving plenty of 
re young stems of the previous year. In 
the course of years the stems of Clematis are 
inclined to accumulate, forming great 
masses of dead twigs. That is the reason 
why we recommend you to thin out some of 
the weak shoots and remove some of the old 
ones. Before planting them you ought to 
take put a hole for each 2 ft. square and 
deep, filling in with good soil if the natural 
material is unsuitable. This enables the 
plants to make good headway the first year. 
You can plant- them some time in March. 
If they are just commencing to grow that 
would be a very suitable time to plant. 
3582. Early-flowering Shrubs for Pots. 
Would you please name a few spring¬ 
flowering shrubs of easy culture that I could 
grow in pots and afterwards stand out of 
doors for the summer season? (P. L. W., 
Dorset.) 
Very good shrubs for the purpose and 
easily grown are Spiraea Thunbergii, S. 
media (often named S. confusa), S. arguta, 
Pyrus floribunda, Prunus pseudo-cerasus or 
Japanese Cherry, and Prunus Pissardii (the 
purple-leaved Plum). They should be 
potted up at once and stood in a place where 
the temperature does not exceed 45 degs. for 
a fortnight, after which they may be put 
in the greenhouse, if heated. If the house 
is not heated they can be placed there at 
once. They would, of course, flower better 
after being established in the pots, and next 
year they should be in better condition for 
flowering than in the coming spring. They 
may be stood out of doors after they 7 finish 
flowering if the weather is sufficiently mild 
not to injure the tender young leaves. 
3583. Climbers for Back Wall of Glass 
Verandah. 
I want to plant three climbers against the 
wall of a house under the verandah. The 
aspect is south and west. What subjects 
would you recommend to employ for this 
purpose, and oblige? (D. W. D., Suther- 
landshire.) 
Many climbers would grow under that 
glass verandah, but we have selected three 
flowering subjects which we think would be 
sufficiently hardy for your district. The 
scarlet Trumpet Honeysuckle (Lonicera sem- 
pervirens) will live against a wall without 
other protection not far from your district, 
but we think it would give better satisfac¬ 
tion under the glass verandah. You might 
try the two Roses Bouquet d’Or (deep yel¬ 
low) and Longworth Rambler (crimson). 
The former is a Dijon Rose and we know 
that the old Gloire de Dijon gives ample 
satisfaction not far from your neighbour¬ 
hood, without other protection than a wall. 
That is our first suggestion, although we 
have two that we could substitute for it, 
namely, Berberis stenophylla (golden yel¬ 
low), Cydonia japonica cardinalis (scarlet) 
and Forsythia suspensa (yellow). These are 
flowering shrubs and the first-named is ever- 
-green. Three handsome foliage shrubs that 
might be used for the purpose are Aristo- 
lochia Sipho, Ampelopsis Veitchi and Yitis 
vinifera apiifolia (Celery leaved Vine). 
3584. Climbers for Slate-Roof Veran¬ 
dah. 
I have got another verandah with slated 
roof, south aspect, quite brilliant, of course, 
but not quite so good as the glass one, where 
I have to plant four climbers on the wall 
and three on the pillars of the verandah. 
Can you assist me in a selection for this one 
also? (D. W. D., Sutherlandshire.) 
The presence of the slated roof is some¬ 
what against anything that may be grown 
under it, but more particularly if the veran¬ 
dah comes low down. You must remember, 
also, that as the rain does not get to these 
plants under the verandahs that you must 
occasionally give the plants a good syring- 
which I am confident will give the 
utmost satisfaction. All seeds are carefully 
selected under my own supervision, and can be 
relied upon to produce an abundance of choice 
blooms at the proper season. 
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