July  18,  1901. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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Among  the  Hybrid  Perpetuals  there  are  a  lew  Vrry  good  climbing 
varieties.  One  of  the  best  is  Glory  of  Cheshunt,  which  makes  a 
fine  pillar  Rose  and  gives  bright,  vivid  crimson  blooms ;  the  habit 
of  growth  is  vigorous,  and  it  is  free  flowering.  Climbing  Victor 
Verdier  being  of  a  very  vigorous  growth  is  an  excellent  pillar  Rose,  and 
produces  bright  cherry  red  blooms ;  Bessie  Johnson,  a  lree  growing 
sort,  blush  white,  is  good,  so  also  is  Princess  Louisa  Victoria,  of  strong 
robust  habit,  bearing  light  silvery  pink  blooms.  The  Hybrid  China 
Roses  comprise  some  good  kinds.  The  best  are  Blairi  No.  2,  blush 
pink  ;  Charles  Lawson,  deep  rose  ;  Madame  Plantier,  pure  white  ; 
Vivid,  crimson  ;  and  Coupe  d’Hebe,  waxy  pink.  All  these  are  fine 
pillar  Roses,  and  adapted  for  other  forms  of  climbing.  Tea  Roses 
embrace  some  excellent  kinds  for  climbing,  and  all  beautiful.  Reme 
Olga  de  Wurtemberg;  this  is  a  showy  climbing  Rose,  rather  loose 
growing,  but  of  a  brilliant  red  colour.  Belle  Lyonnaise,  which  is  a 
seedling  from  Gloire  de  Dijon,  may  be  relied  upon  as  a  variety  of 
A  Galaxy  of  Roses. 
One  of  the  finest  assemblages  of  Roses  in  a  limited  space  that  1 
have  ever  seen,  was  quite  recently  in  the  garden  attached  to  the 
residence  of  Mr.  W.  Burrough  Hill,  Bannister’s  Hall,  The  Avenue, 
Southampton,  and  is  a  distinct  proof  of  what  may  be  done  to  beautify 
a  garden,  even  to  the  extent  of  much  magnificence,  within  a  limited 
area.  Ffteen  years  since  Mr.  Hill  purchased  the  property  of  3  acres 
situated  at  the  south  side  of  the  public  common,  and  facing  what  is 
now  the  County  Cricket  Ground.  The  Southampton  Common  is 
noted  for  its  magnificent  trees,  Oak  and  Elm  especially  luxuriating 
here,  which  is  a  distinct  proof  that  the  soil  is  of  a  rich  and  holding 
nature,  just  the  soil  in  which  Roses  luxuriate.  From  then  until  now 
Mr.  Hill  has  yearly  planted  Roses,  including  new  varieties  aB  they 
appear,  until  the  collection  at  the  present  moment  numbers  something 
like  3000  plants.  The  great  charm  in  the  planting  is  the  fact  that. 
LILIUM  LOWI.  (See  Note  on  page  52.) 
merit ;  it  has  deep  coloured  canary  yellow  blooms,  large,  full,  tinged 
with  salmon.  Climbing  Niphetos  is  pure  white,  like  the  ordinary 
variety,  but  of  more  vigorous  habit.  Perle  des  Jardins,  an  exceed¬ 
ingly  good,  yellow  flowered  climber  for  a  south  aspect.  Gloire  de 
Dijon  is  very  hardy  and  perhaps  the  most  popular  climber  grown  ; 
it  does  well  everywhere  and  in  any  position  ;  the  buff  orange  flowers 
are  freely  produced.  Reine  Marie  Henriette  is  commonly  termed  a 
Red  Gloire,  being  similar  to  that  variety  in  every  way  except  colour 
and  shape  of  buds,  which  are  long  pointed,  deep  carmine  tint. 
The  Waltham  Climbers,  1,  2,  and  3,  are  of  climbing  habit,  and 
have  been  raised  as  seedlings  from  Gloire  de  Dijon.  They  are  crimson 
Roses  of  different  shades.  Of  Bourbon  Roses  the  best  representative 
climber  belonging  to  this  class  is  Souvenir  de  la  Malmaison.  The 
climber  must  be  distinguished  from  the  non-climber  of  the  same  name 
and  class.  It  produces  fine  foliage,  and  has  large,  pale  blush  flowers. 
Climbing  Roses  are  frequently  seen  not  doing  well  owing  to  not 
receiving  plenty  of  moisture  and  support  at  the  roots.  Rectify  this, 
and  a  great  change  will  come  over  them.  They  will  send  up  clean 
and  healthy  growths,  and  eventually  produce  abundance  of  bloom. 
— E.  D.  S. 
there  is  no  formal  design,  the  plants  having  been  added  whenever  an 
opportunity  afforded  itself,  amongst  fruit  trees,  vegetables,  flower 
borders,  in  fact  everywhere.  It  is  impossible  to  enumerate  all  the 
varieties,  but  a  few  illustrations  may  be  of  service  to  others  in 
planting  during  the  coming  season. 
Adjoining  the  public  road  is  a  thick  neatly  kept  hedge  of  ever¬ 
green  Privet  ;  in  this  bays  3  feet  wide  are  cut  about  every  8  feet.  In 
the  garden  at  the  back  of  the  hedge  in  each  of  these  bays  is  planted  a 
tall  standard  of  Rose  Ranunculoides,  known  here  as  the  “Seven 
Sisters  ”  Rose.  The  white,  blush  tinted,  thickly  placed  blossoms  show 
to  perfection  with  such  a  wealth  of  greenery  underneath,  and  as  the 
“heads”  are  free  and  flowing  in  growth  they  are  quite  informal. 
The  6  feet  stock  upon  which  the  Rose  was  worked  Is  evidently  a 
Manetti.  Behind  these  white-flowering  standards  are  huge  plants  of 
Crimson  Rambler,  literally  smothered  with  blossoms.  Some  of  these 
single  plants  are  fully  15  feet  long,  12  feet  high,  and  as  they  are 
trained  flat  their  flowering  area  is  considerable.  The  Yellow  Rambler 
Aglaia,  which  is  thought  by  so  many  persons  to  be  phy  in  flower,  here 
quite  contradicts  such  a  suggestion.  Treated  as  Mr.  Hill  has  it,  it  is 
one  mass  of  its  pale  yellow  flowers,  quite  altering  my  previous  opinion 
