THE BEST CLIMBING ROSES.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 2, 13 July 1910, Page 42

THE BEST CLIMBING ROSES.

If you want to know the names of some of the very best climbing roses, here they are; but yon should distinguish betwen those which do best on a pillar, an arch, or a pergola, and those which like the protection of a wall. Of the latter group are William Allen Richardson (the well-known apricotyellow Rose), Devoniensis (creamywhite), Lady . Waterlow (one of the loveliest of the new climbers, with carmine buds and rich pink blossoms), Marie van Houtte (a beauty in creantyyellow. pink-tipped). Climbing Caroline Testout (a grand pink rose), Madame Chauviy (in pale apricot, carmine-cen-tred), General Jacqueminot (still amongst the most fragrant of the deep red roses), and Climbing Captain Christy (pale pink, and of perfect form). For a pillar or arch, you may plant Maharajah (in crimson velvet, semi-double, but magnificent), Reve d’Or (much like W. A. Richardson, but not quite so dark in tint), Alister Stella Gray (a cluster rose,

producing hundreds of white flowers find yellow buds), Birdou Job (deep red, semi-double/with many golden stamens), Gloire de Dijon and Carmine Pillar, all of which are strong growers, with abundant flowers; but besides these, there are the best of Lord Penzanee’s hybrid Sweet Briers (Lucy Bertram, Lord Penzance; and Lady Penzance), and also of the Wichuraiana hybrids, of which Dorothy Perkins is still pre-eminent, all suitable' for the same purposes. Edmond Proust is another beauty with blush flowers, centred with carmine; Goldfinch is the best of the yellow Wichufaianas, and Jersey Beauty is creamy-white, single, and very robust. Semi-climbers (which are useful to plant on the other side of the arch, to cover the lower- part of it), ean also be added. Enchantress (an exquisite buffyellow rose, which blossoms early and late), L’ldeal (in copper and crimson tones), Aladame Hector Leuillot (goldenyellow, with earmine centre), Madame Falcot (with perfect buds, but rather untidy flowers), Noella Nabonnand (in velvety-crimson, very fragrant), and Purity (in white), are a few of the best of this set. All these are suitable, too, for a low wall, or the wall below the glass of a conservatory, which they will cover to perfection.—Your friend, I. L. R. PS. —I must not forget to mention the dwarf Polyantha (or multiflora) roses, with masses of small but very pretty flowers, in great profusion. Perle d’Or is my favourite amongst these, and rarely indeed does it fail to produce a dainty buttonhole in ereamy-blush throughout the summer. Ann Marie de Montravel is in pure white, covered with blossoms all the season; Cecile Brunner is bright yellow-pink, in large clusters; and Georges Pernett, creamy-white, flushed with pink. Plant them all, if you want buttonholes. Then the newer varieties o-j the old monthly rose (Laurette Messimy and Madame Re.sal) are both excellent; and do not omit the lovely old Moss and Cabbage roses. jt

SHOW DATES. Schedules may be obtained on application to the secretaries. Rose and Carnation Club’s Show, Wellington, at Town Hall, November 16. National Sweet Pea Society of New Zealand, Palmerston North, December 7 and 8. E. A. Osmond, Secretary, Stratford. Auckland Sweet Pea and Carnation Show, Choral Hall, December 1 and 2. W. W. Bruce, Secretary. 'Wellington Rose and Carnation Club.— The Summer Show will be held in the Town Hall, Wellington, on Wednesday, December 14. Ji Ji SEEDS TO SOW THIS MONTH. Vegetable. — Broad Beans, Early Peas, Early Horn Carrot, Parsnip, Onion, White Turnip, Tomato and Cape Gooseberry in Frames. ' Flower. — Sweet Peas, Ten-week Stocks, Lupins. Bulbs.— Amaryllis, Lilies, Iris, Gladioli, Callas. Plant Out— Fruit Trees and Bushes, Roses, Ornamental Shrubs, Hedge Plants, Edgings, Herbs. Rhubarb.