The Rose-amateur's Guide: Containing Ample Descriptions of All the Fine Leading Varieties of Roses, Regularly Classed in Their Respective Families : Their History and Mode of CultureLongmans, Green, and Company, 1867 - 243 páginas |
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... flower elevated herself majestically on her thorny column . The Queen of Flowers . * This pretty appellative is no new creation : more than 2000 years ago Sappho wrote : If Jupiter wished to give to the flowers a Queen , the rose would ...
... flower elevated herself majestically on her thorny column . The Queen of Flowers . * This pretty appellative is no new creation : more than 2000 years ago Sappho wrote : If Jupiter wished to give to the flowers a Queen , the rose would ...
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... flowers and buds drooping from their weight . The Dutch , or large Provence , is exactly like the Common , or Cabbage , Provence , and equally fragrant , but very much larger ; this is a fine . rose for forcing . La Reine de Provence ...
... flowers and buds drooping from their weight . The Dutch , or large Provence , is exactly like the Common , or Cabbage , Provence , and equally fragrant , but very much larger ; this is a fine . rose for forcing . La Reine de Provence ...
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... flowers . Spong's Rose is of this group , with rather larger flowers : it forces well , and is a pretty rose . There are no new Provence Roses , for , like most of the summer roses , they are not esteemed as formerly , owing to their ...
... flowers . Spong's Rose is of this group , with rather larger flowers : it forces well , and is a pretty rose . There are no new Provence Roses , for , like most of the summer roses , they are not esteemed as formerly , owing to their ...
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... flowers . For this purpose it is better on its own roots , as budded plants so treated would throw up too many suckers . The French Crimson Moss is deeper in colour , and much more double than the preceding , not such a luxuriant grower ...
... flowers . For this purpose it is better on its own roots , as budded plants so treated would throw up too many suckers . The French Crimson Moss is deeper in colour , and much more double than the preceding , not such a luxuriant grower ...
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... flowers of the same pure white , and blooming in the same large clusters ; its flowers are however often imperfect . In Comtesse de Murinais we have a vigorous white Moss Rose , a most remarkable variety , evi- dently resulting from a ...
... flowers of the same pure white , and blooming in the same large clusters ; its flowers are however often imperfect . In Comtesse de Murinais we have a vigorous white Moss Rose , a most remarkable variety , evi- dently resulting from a ...
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