No other hardy plant can show such a cataract of bloom, or display it with more elegance than these magnificent roses. But they should stand well away from the eye, like an oil painting; and as for fragrance they have none to offer. The best position is against the wall of a back building, a hundred feet or more from the front or chief point of view. The wall is convenient for support and spread, and the cool, rich soil around and beneath the building secures luxuriance of growth. Red and white varieties planted together, as the Queen and Baltimore Belle, enhance the beauty of either, especially when distance lends enchantment to the view. That which mars their beauty, and the satisfaction of the culturist of these grand climbers, is the almost universal omission of seasonable pruning. All the old wood should be sheared out directly after blooming, just as is done with cap raspberries after fruiting, and at the same season, about the first of August'; the earlier it is done the stronger will be the young wood for the next summer's bloom.

All that is left will appear bright and growing, and, if neatly tied up, will delight the eye and fill the thought with expectations of a still finer, stronger and brighter show next season, from the more numerous and better ripened fruit buds and a freer flow of sap up the healthy young wood.- Country Gentleman.