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hardier companions. Place the four-season rose in a sheltered 
situation from winds. 
Among the hardy climbing roses, the Ayrshire rose is the most 
useful. Its foliage is rich, and it covers fences, walls, &e., with 
astonishing rapidity. It flowers in July. Place it in a warm 
situation, and it will extend thirty feet in one season. 
Lady Banks's yelloiu rose is a pretty climber, and flowers early 
in all situations. So does the Rosa sempervirens. 
Climbing roses will grow luxuriantly under the shade of trees, 
and form a mass of fragrant underwood in shrubberies. They 
grow with surprising vigor if allowed to remain prostrate. Plant 
these thinly,, and lay in the most vigorous shoots, by pegging 
them down into the ground. This process increases the plants 
rapidly, and gives the gayest possible effect. 
The Rosa liybrida multiflora is a hardy and rapidly growing 
rose. It flowers also from June to September. So does the red 
and crimson Boursault, and the Rosa Russeliana. 
Roses are subject to the green fly, which disfigures their beauty, 
particularly the white roses. An excellent remedy for this annoy¬ 
ance is effected by moistening the plant, and then dusting it over 
with equal portions of sulphur and tobacco dust. 
The following list of roses will not prove beyond a lady’s man- ~ 
agement, being hardy, and requiring only pruning every January, 
and giving them a good soil. Prune the white rose-trees 
sparingly, as they do not love the knife:— 
Roses , early cinnamon 
Double yellow 
Single yellow 
Red monthly 
White monthly 
Double white 
Moss Provence 
Common Proven ^ 
Double velvet 
Single Ditto 
Dutch hundred-leaved 
Blush ditto 
Blush Belgic 
Red ditto 
Marbled 
Large royal 
York and Lancaster 
Red damask 
