The Cottage Gardener 212-213 (Jan 1, 1852)
PILLAR ROSES
Donald Beaton

By the by, it would be very desirable to hear free criticism on the sweetness of autumn roses, Mr. Rivers says Riego is the sweetest of all roses, whilst I always put it down as a third-rate in that respect, and, therefore, I may be wrong about Cornet, but I could bring forward some of the first ladies in the land to back me about Fulgore, late in the autumn, for I have often made the experiment, therefore, being a strong grower, I adopt it for a good pillar rose. It is, if any thing, deeper in colour than the cabbage-rose, and it must be on its own roots, and be treated like the Gloire de Rosamene to keep it full at the bottom. That is, all the small shoots must be cut in quite close, and the strong ones be left at nearly their full length, and when the pillar is covered, we must begin to cut out gradually the three-year old wood. By attending strictly to this system, these two beautiful roses on their own roots, will last on pillars as long as any rose we have, but if we neglect their proper management, no rose is more likely to wear out sooner than they.