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ing, others failing, turf giving out or grow- 
ing too rank ; or the plan may be obvivusly 
expensive, or call for a less delicate class of 
plants. These are conditions which chiefly 
affect our work in managing the ordinary 
private garden composed entirely of vegeta- 
tion. 
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‘CLIMBERS FOR HOUSES, 
Probably all of us do not sufficently 
recognise the fact that the beauty of a 
house depends largely upon the cuumbers 
that adorn it. An ugly building looks 
ugly no longer when it is creeper covered, 
whereas the prettiest or most handsome 
one requires some natural foliage decora- 
tion. There are a few simple rules as to 
planting climbers that, if followed, pre- 
vent mistakes. A red house must have no 
pink blossoms against it, a grey house 
must have no white ones, or at least bright 
colors must predominate at all seasons. 
For a red brick house a white Cobea 
scandens makes a lovely and successful 
climber, while the purple Cobea may ac- 
company it, or be reserved to show up 
grandly upon a white building. Eccremo- 
carpus scaber can’ transform a square, 
dull-looking, grey house into a glorious 
spectacle, by the time the 10 feet high 
branches are laden with their orange sca- 
Yet racemes. On white walls and over 
porches the many varieties of the climbing 
Convolvulus will supply exquisite effects 
that are unknown by those gardeners who 
only grow these annuals in poor soil. To- 
be seen at its best, C. major needs toi .be 
well grown for putting out, and must be 
carefully supported and generously fed. 
Many a cottage owes its chief loveliness 
to the luxuriamce of its encircling Japanese 
Hopy and Nasturtiums, blat these need 
not be regarded as fit only for small dwel- 
lings; they will give a noble show up large 
walls. The variegated Humulus Japoni- 
cus, with its cream, silver, and green fol1- 
age, is especially suited to old red brick 
houses. Above Nasturtiums, that dainty 
member of the same family, the Canary 
Creeper, can be trusted to look well, or a 
pleasing arrangement can be made by 
using only the climbing Nasturtium known 
as The Pearl, and some plants of the 
orange scarlet blooming, rapid growing 
Mina lobata will soon clothe the upper 
portion of the wall. 
Clematis Jackmanii superba is-a magni- 
ficently rich red violet, and is seen at its 
best against white, grey, or cream houses, 
though it will not be unpleasing on old 
red brick ones. For new red brick villas 
the pure white variety of C. Jackmanil is 
one of the very best of climbers. White 
buildings, again, are suited to embellish- 
ment by Star of India, a maroon purple 
with red lines in the. blossoms, or Louis 
van Houtte (darkest violet purple), the 
velvety crimson  Jackmanii, © Madame 
Edouard André, or the mauve’ pallida. 
There are innumerable pale Clematises for 
use against red brick house fronts, The 
blue Clematises, bluish lavender strictly 
speaking, are lovely on all but grey build- 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
ings, toning equally well with red, cream, 
or white. 
The more delicate varieties of Hedera 
Helix can be planted that they may be- 
come established before winter, so a wide 
choice of foliage climbers is before us. A 
north-west aspect is not too cold for most 
of them. while the north and north-east 
walls can be adorned by the hardy H. H. 
digitata, with its finely shaped dark green 
and white leaves, the cheerful looking yel- 
low green. H. H. canescens, the yellow and 
green. H. H. angularia aurea, or the irre- 
gularly cream blotched yigorous H. H. 
marmorata. Against low built cottages 
or more ornate bungalows such climbers as 
Sweet Peas are often of sufficient height, 
and this means that the possible color 
effects are almost endless. 
and Convyolvuluses are also useful, and so 
are the perennial, pink, crimson, white, 
and. blue forms of PRea.. Tall Fuchsias, 
Geraniums, and Heliotropes may be train- 
ed against house fronts in summer, and 
the two first offen survive winters. 
ROSES. 
For Watus.—Réve d’Or, apricot and 
deep yellow; Climbing Niphetos, pure 
white; +Climbing Kaiserin Augusta 
Victoria, creamy-white, a splendid rose; 
Reine Marie Henriette, light crimson, a 
well-known rose, sometimes badly attacked 
with mildew; and Climbing Perle des Jar- 
dins, golden-yellow, the next best to Maré- 
chal Niel, which should succeed well if 
given a sheltered corner and not over- 
cropped. If you would prefer Maréchal 
Niel, plant a halfstandard of sit against 
the wall, and prune back the first spring. 
Climbing Devoniensis, a grand old kind 
with flesh-white, fragrant blossoms of great 
size, should be allowed to ramble at will 
for a year or two, and then al! the hard 
weod carefully laid in, pruning back the 
laterals only, save cutting out any worn- 
out wood. Waltham Climber No. 1, 
bright red, lovely in. bud, is as regular in 
petal as a Camellia. Souvenir de Mme 
Joseph Metral is a splendid flower of exhi- 
bition size and of a cerise color. Lamarque, 
one of the favorites of bygone years, is even 
to-day unsurpassed, although very tender ; 
the sulphur-white buds and blossoms are 
_very beautiful. Jaunee Desprez is a free- 
growing and hardy kind, of mixed colors— 
red, buff, and sulphur. Fanny Stolwerck 
has coppery-carmine buds, open flowers 
yellow and rose. Noella Nabonnand bears 
huge semi-double flowers of velvety crimson 
color and exquisite buds. 
For Arcuxs.-For roses of better quality 
than the Crimson Rambler we name the 
following, the first seven being large-flower- 
ed kinds: Mme. Berard, apricot and sal- 
mon ;Mme. Alfred Carriere, blush-white, 
distinct and beautiful; Celine Forestier, 
pale yellow flowers, flat, a  well-proved 
variety of sterling worth; William Allen 
Richardson, unique in color, which is 
orange-yellow; Reine Olga de Wurtem- 
burg, a semi-double crimson, almost ever- 
green rose of wonderful vigor; Marie La- 
vallée, a lovely semi-double flower of deli- 
Nasturtiums. 
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cate beauty, rose. and white in color; and 
Cheshunt Hybrid, which is not admireé 
exactly when fully out, but the buds ‘are 
pretty, color magenta. Any of the above 
weuld also be good on. the walls. The fol 
lowing ave grand Roses for arches, and al- 
though small in blossom, they makes 
amends for this by their profusion: Elec 
tra, yellowish-white; Claire Jacquier, 
nankeen-yellow; Flora, pink and whité; 
Euphrosyne, pink; Thalia, white. There 
is one Rose, not so very fast in growth, 
but indispensable on wall or arch, and tha& 
is Deschamps or Longworth Rambler ; 
color bright carmine, splendid in autumn 
Whilst the climbers are making their 
growth plant between cach pair some of 
the less vigorous Teas, such as Marie Var 
Houtte, Catherine Mermet, Souvenir duit 
Ami, &e. They would afford a quantity of 
blossom. Such varieties will frequently at—. 
tain a height of 8 feet to 10 feet on x 
wall. 
PRUNING ROSES. 
The Hybrid Perpetuals, Hybrid Teas, 
and, in fact, all roses’ not climbing, 
are pruned in spring. But there is such 
a thing as summer pruning of roses. With 
the Teas, Hybrid Teas, Hybrid Perpetuals, 
and all classes that flower again in autumn, 
it is a good plan to go over the plants 
and slightly prune the growths that have 
flowered. This consists in removing ar 
inch or two from the shoots, cutting them ~ 
down to the first plump bud. The work 
needs to be done very carefully, for we must 
not remove more foliage than is neces- 
sary. neither is it advisable to prune tow 
low, as by so doing the bottom eyes are 
induced to start, and this would be a mis- 
fortune,-as they will be required for next 
season. Scotch. Roses. Rugosa, Austrian 
Briers, &c., are best left alone beyond thin— 
ning out the growths when they become 
too dense. Climbing Roses that flower 
again in autumn, such as the Teas and_ 
Noisettes, benefit considerably by a good 
thinning out of the weakly and old wood 
as soon as the first flowering is over, care-_ 
fully preserving all sound, well-ripened . 
growths, and spreading them out to admif. 
light and air. Do not on any account 
shorten the long growths formed this sea— 
son—at least, not at present. Next month 
they might have their points pinched out, 
which would tend to ripen the growth bet- 
ter. Rambler aud other rampant.growers: 
of summer blooming habit are best thin- 
ned in autumn, and very little, if any, 
pruning is required in spring. Where suck 
roses have grown luxuriantly they should 
e carefully taken down from their sw 
ports and overhauled, cutting out the old 
and dead wood and any that looks debili- 
‘tated, afterwards carefully tying out the 
best young wood. It is quite true that one 
meets with old specimens that have, per— 
haps, received no pruning whatever, and 
they are a sheet of bloom. This is quite 
true, but if the plants had been. well thin- 
ned from the commencement, the trusseg 
of bloom would have been finer, and thew 
flowers of a better color. 
