HOUSE AND GARDEN 
August, 
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wall or garden fence may cover its unattractive nakedness. 
To give an example near at hand, I may perhaps be allowed 
to fall back upon a couple of pictures from my own house. 
When I bought it 
there were no 
espaliers on the 
walls, no pillars 
with creepers. I 
had them put up, 
and even my most 
fastidious friends 
admit that it is a 
marked improve¬ 
ment. It “cosies,” 
if it does nothing 
more. The pic¬ 
ture shows a 
Gloire de Dijon 
in fullest bloom, 
a rose which is 
now somewhat 
out of fashion, 
but for which, 
and its first 
cousin, or rather 
twin sister, Mme. 
Berard, I shall 
always have a 
good word. There 
is something 
trusty about 
these old roses, 
they never make 
themselves ex¬ 
pensive, and es¬ 
pecially their late 
flowers often pos¬ 
sess real beauty, 
both in shape and 
color. Another 
rose that I have 
found excellent 
for espalier cov¬ 
ering is Fraulein 
Octavia Hesse, a 
climber in many 
ways to be com¬ 
mended ; it is a 
lusty grower, has 
in this respect 
some of the 
rambler’s ex¬ 
uberant spirit 
about it; its foli¬ 
age is a bright, 
handsome green 
and the isolated, 
good-sized double 
white blossoms, 
although lacking 
the stiff waxi¬ 
ness of the petals, 
bear some resem¬ 
blance to the gardenia, that aristocratic chcinneur of a flower. 
I find that some of my pictures are of roses, and, with one 
exception, all from Danish gardens; but I scarcely think I need 
render any apology for this being the case; inasmuch as the rose, 
apart from its other virtues, as a rule, makes an excellent climber — 
that is to say, when chosen within the proper domain and with 
some circumspec¬ 
tion. Moreover, 
it knows not the 
restrictions of 
frontiers. 
Jean Guichard, 
for instance, lends 
itself to all the 
uses touched upon 
above ; espalier, 
arches, garlands 
or a rustic per¬ 
gola as the one 
depicted. The 
flowers, carmine 
with a touch of 
salmon, hang in 
big clusters and 
are very decora¬ 
tive. 
Against the wall 
of my house, al¬ 
most hiding the 
window, is one of 
the sturdiest of 
climbers, Tau- 
sendschon. It is 
perhaps best 
suited for a col¬ 
umn or similar 
isolated arrange¬ 
ment, but it is also 
delightful in a 
pergola or railing. 
The flowers are 
medium-sized, sit 
in clusters of 
dainty rose color, 
of which the pic¬ 
ture only shows 
the beginning 
bloom. 
Felicite perpetue 
does not shame 
its elegant name; 
it is what might 
be called a pro¬ 
fessional climber; 
simply revels in 
working its way 
upward with 
graceful light¬ 
ness, in trees or 
on walls, but, like 
all climbers, it 
wants some play, 
plenty of rein, 
and cannot stand 
being harnessed 
too tightly. Fe¬ 
licite perpetue has white flowers in clusters, but it is advisable to 
swell its somewhat slender growth by means of other climbers, 
clematis or wistaria, for instance, with both of which it tones 
Almost any house is beautified by a well-covered espalier on its walls, as was the author’s. Fraulein Octavia 
Hesse and Gloire de Dijon are lusty climbers and especially to be commended for this purpose 
As a garden wall, lattice work has great possibilities. Here the seclusion resultant from the vine-covered boun¬ 
dary and low-growing shrubs forms a veritable garden living-room 
