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Page 11
... Italy through so many ages , produced from seed , or more probably from a sporting branch , the Double Moss Rose , that is , a double Cabbage or Provence Rose , covered with that glandular excrescence which we term moss ; this branch or ...
... Italy through so many ages , produced from seed , or more probably from a sporting branch , the Double Moss Rose , that is , a double Cabbage or Provence Rose , covered with that glandular excrescence which we term moss ; this branch or ...
Page 20
... Italy . In the " Floræ Romanæ " of Sebas- tiani , published at Rome in 1818 , this rose , Rosa sempervirens , and Rosa canina , are said to be the only roses growing naturally in the Papal States . It was one of the earliest roses ...
... Italy . In the " Floræ Romanæ " of Sebas- tiani , published at Rome in 1818 , this rose , Rosa sempervirens , and Rosa canina , are said to be the only roses growing naturally in the Papal States . It was one of the earliest roses ...
Page 69
... Italy , producing copper or red , as well as yellow flowers ; but , strange to say , though the flowers are invariably single , yet they never produce seed . In this country also it is with extreme difficulty , and only by fertilising ...
... Italy , producing copper or red , as well as yellow flowers ; but , strange to say , though the flowers are invariably single , yet they never produce seed . In this country also it is with extreme difficulty , and only by fertilising ...
Page 70
... Italian seed , which gives hopes of being a very double globular bright yellow rose , producing its flowers in great abundance . To bloom them in perfection Austrian Briars require a moist soil and dry pure air ; 70 THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN .
... Italian seed , which gives hopes of being a very double globular bright yellow rose , producing its flowers in great abundance . To bloom them in perfection Austrian Briars require a moist soil and dry pure air ; 70 THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN .
Page 79
... Italy ; from this I have this season ( 1837 ) , raised several hundreds of seedlings ; the seed I received from Signor Crivelli , of Como , an Italian Rose amateur , very much devoted to gardening ; all the varieties of this family are ...
... Italy ; from this I have this season ( 1837 ) , raised several hundreds of seedlings ; the seed I received from Signor Crivelli , of Como , an Italian Rose amateur , very much devoted to gardening ; all the varieties of this family are ...
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Page 160 - Mrticipates (p. 87) that the day will come when all our roses, even moss-roses, will have evergreen foliage, brilliant and fragrant flowers, and the habit of blooming from June till November.