Plant Photos

From 'The Garden Album and Review', May 1906, facing page 70. Accompanying text: "PLATE 18. ROSE “CARMINE PILLAR.” Of late years more attention has been paid to single flowered Roses, by raisers and public alike, with the result that there are now a fairly large number to be found in gardens. As a rule these single flowered Roses are confined to climbing varieties, and perhaps rightly so, as most people would scarcely appreciate a dwarf or bush rose that did not conform in shape to the best double types seen in the Hybrid Perpetuals, Teas, and Noisettes. The variety shown in the coloured plate was raised by Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, and put into commerce about ten years ago. It is very vigorous in growth and is an ideal variety for training up pillars, archways, &c. The flowers are large and of a bright rosy carmine, becoming paler at the base of the petals, and having a cluster of conspicuous yellow stamens in the centre. Like most climbing Roses, “Carmine Pillar” requires but little pruning. The vigorous shoots of the previous year may have the unripened tops cut away about the middle or end of March, so that when growth commences in earnest the well ripened buds lower down the stem shall be encouraged into growth and blossom during the season. When plants have been established for several seasons it will be necessary to cut out the older stems, as they are rarely of any flowering value when more than three years old. All weak shoots and dead branches would be removed as a matter of course, not only at pruning time proper, but at any other season of the year.