cidedly successful. 
Juty 15, 1903. 
Sweet Briers and- the “stronger | growers” 
of the Ayrshires... What pretty 
and natural pillars these will make 
can readily be imagined ‘by. all ‘who 
know their habit of growth. They are not 
tied in close to the stumps, but allowed to 
grow almost at will, and will not be prun- 
ed. 
mal lines or secured to stakes in the stiff 
and. formal manner’ we 
meet with in most cases. 
a —RupcEwoop. | 
Stee CSCORG ] 
DWARF ‘HEDGE BRIERS FOR 
_TEA-SCENTED ROSES. 
Atter a . long experience among all stocks 
I am convinced ‘that very dwarf ‘hedgerow 
Briers give the best results both in quality 
of flower and in vigor of plant: In a two 
ov three year old hedge Brier. obtained 
with all its fibrous roots we have a sap 
producing power, unequalled in any other 
stock. Such Briers may be budded level 
with the ground, the lower the better, and 
provided the soil is good , some fine ‘plants 
will be the result::” Tea Roses upon such 
Briers planted at the foot of walls in a rich, 
well-drained soil would give blossoms f sur- 
prising quality. mad. 
— seeeseses=e 
ROSE SOUVENIR DE ‘MME. 
| BUGENE VERDIER. 
Saeed 
This Rose -has: the rather diveatiel ‘trait 
of yielding buds and expanded blossoms of 
totally distinct colors. 
are of a clear’ saffron-yellow, and in ‘the 
forcing house this color is very pronounced, 
but: the expanded blossoms are almost’ pure 
white, and havea‘ great similarity to those 
of the Hon. Edith Gifford. ‘The exquisite 
form of this latter variety is almosbirepeat- 
ed in the Rose’under notice. © Like. the 
Majority of the Hybrid ‘Teas, its flowers are 
borno on good stiff stems. I can .confi- 
dently recommend-this Rose, and I believe 
it will prove to be one of: the most useful 
that iS raiser, i PepaetDlaghss, has given 
us.— 
1zesececes= 
PEGGING DOWN ROSES. 
satisfaction. | 
done. Rather than peg down the whole. of 
the branches, a much better result is pro- 
duced ‘by pegging down, say, two or three 
of the growths of a good vigorous kind, al- 
lowing the remainder. to grow in their 
usual manner. Last summer I saw a bed of 
Grace Darling thus trained, and it was de- 
“Many of the grand Hy- 
Perpetuals, such as La 
Viscountess Folkestone, Mrs. John 
brid “Teas and 
France, 
Roses are a great feature i in the gar-_ 
den referred to, but none are grown in for- | 
Se) unfortunately 
Its pretty. buds. 
THE AUSTRALIAN” GARDENER. 
It 
Laing, &c., are amenable to this treatment, 
~and sometimes a growth may be layered 
during the early summer months which 
would give a very useful own-root plant to 
* fill up a blank. the following spring. —P. 
POSSE SESES | 
LONG-STEMMED ROSES. 
ene ails are atentihecs often 
sorely pressed to meet the requirements of 
their employers, for long-stemmed Roses in.: 
The demand for large. 
John. 
- Laing with long stems exhibits no sign, of. 
diminishing, and for a gardener to keep up; 
the supply entails a severe strain upon his’ 
the Rose season. 
showy Roses of the type of Mrs. 
plants unless he takes precautions to 
obviate it. To cut several, branches, say 
2 ft. long, from a plant in the growing 
scacon must’ considerably impair its 
vitality. What I would suggest is that 
gardeners should’ set out a portion of the 
kitchen garden for this purpose and have 
2 double set of plants to cut from, giving 
each set alternately a year’s rest to recoup © 
their vigorx.. There is no reason why a 
gardener should not be able to produce 
flowers as fine in quality as ha can pur-? 
chase from the growers. A well-manured. 
kitchen garden soil is just the one for 
them. Set out the plants in rows 3 feet or 
nore apart, give liberal dressings of farm- 
yard TRETEERE supplementing those with 
bone-meal. © Keep the soil well cultivated, 
and fine; vigorous shoots will be the result. 
As pink and blush Roses of the H.P. and 
H.T. classes are most in request for table 
decoration, the following kinds should be 
prown in large quantities : Baroness Roths- 
child, Belle Siebrecht, Captain Christy, 
Caroline Testout, Clio, ‘La France, Mme. 
Abel Chatenay, Mnic. G. Luizet, Mrs. John 
Laing, eu PARSE: —GRowEr. 
“esseeesene 
ROSE ARBOURS. 
There is sipateee no end to the uses to 
which one can put the queen of flowers! 
On every hand we see beautiful Roses as 
hedges, on pillars and arches, clothing 
banks and tree stumps, and, last} but not 
least, forming arbours beneath which we 
may get grateful shade with delightful 
fragrance. There may be difficulties to 
contend with ere the arbour is perfected, 
_| put this adds zest to the pleasure and en-. 
_hances the interest in the garden. 
_ cannot have too many Roses, and those 
One rarely. Hees of this system | giving | 
In my opinion it is ovér-' 
We 
who have not yet set about the: formation 
of a Rose arbour might well prepare. their. 
plans: and be ready :to plant in autumn. 
It is thought by some. persons 4 that. such, 
a use-for the. Rose must of. necessity . be 
They, 
erroneously assume that a: cen deneti 
restricted. to extensive places. 
area of ground must be covered, and that 
a way should be had all round the arbour. 
From this view I most strongly dissent. 
On the contrary, it is contended that. the 
Rose arbour should be the appendage of 
‘every g 
“True, ib will not always be feasible to have 
Bh. big one, but accommodation on fence or 
* wall is always available, and a most charm- 
_ ing retreat is easily provided. 
garden in which Roses will ‘grow. 
- Onevof the disadvantages of Rose culture 
lies-in the fact that.the plants want as 
‘ much. fresh air as it is possible to .give 
them. - This means. that in small gardens 
which are -enclosed by wood, brick, - ar 
stone fences Roses..can never be induced | 
to flourish in» a-.thoroughly . satisfactory. 
manner, simply because. of the lack of the - 
yitalising influence of fresh air... In such | 
gardens :the Rese arbour is. the-form of 
culture that must be adopted, as the very. 
fact of the grower :haying,.to give head. 
room, to carry his plants above the fences, 
eusures a vastly increased amount of light 
and~ air, and we may -have’ Roses where. 
hitherto Roses have: declined to grow. 
Now they luxuriate:;: before they merely 
eked out an existence: »» Who,:then, would 
not have an arbour, when it will provide 
delightful blooms’. of ‘the. ever isesntebiel 
queen of flowers?* 9) 43. 
The necessities are. Ayal: “Bows aa of 
af framework, which must be erected ac-.. 
cording to individual taste and. conveni- - 
ence; and always to harmonise’with.. its 
surroundings ; good soil ; suitable varieties. 
Here:are. thrée things! all within the con- ~ 
trol of the grower.’ The natural soil may ~ 
not be suitable for our purpose, and we 
must perforce import’ that which is good. 
If 1 yard square of bad mould be removed,’ 
and its place. be filled with sound loam over 
proper drainage, our troubles soon melt 
away. | A rampant ‘growing Rose, like 
Biairii No. 2, for example, will be an an- 
nual source of. delight, and will, when. 
establishinent is complete, ' Pear abundant 
c1ops of handsonie flowers. ** : 
‘Strong plants should be procured at the 
otitset, and every chance ought to be given’: 
during the first season ‘to the roots—the 
better'the base, the better the ‘superstruc- 
ture. If the plants .are” encouraged to. 
rush forward the top growth: before the 
roots have taken a firm hold upon the soil, 
theultimate results are never as satis- 
factory as when the motto- has been, “Has- 
ten slowly.” If the framework be of gal- 
ESL. ‘iron. wire, ; ib: may be given two 
aint : “more: especially. is 
this important: in “the! neighborhood of’ 
manufacturing towns, where the ‘atmos- 
pheric gases affecting the-wire are often 
disastrous to, success. ‘With due and care- 
ful attention the Rose arbour will be a 
constant pleasure, to its owner and seenglt 
to “every. jusitor. “3 ; 4 
iS “ seacessseces 
- CLEMATIS. 
Take. a iain of. nae dissolve’ it. in 
woter, stir thoroughly, and when clear ap- 
ply to the roots of the plants. . This is 
beneficial to ‘Clematis and obnoxious to 
worms. If it fail, use 1 oz. of petroleum | 
in. 3 gallons of water, stirring thoroughly, 
aud apply a thorough soaking to the roots. _ 
