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Page xi
... roses in the follow- ing pages , and in the catalogue , I have retained those that are but slightly hybridised in that division to which they have the nearest affinity ; for instance , if a rose between the French and Provence roses has ...
... roses in the follow- ing pages , and in the catalogue , I have retained those that are but slightly hybridised in that division to which they have the nearest affinity ; for instance , if a rose between the French and Provence roses has ...
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Thomas Rivers. CONTENTS . PART I. THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN . Page THE PROVENCE ROSE 1 THE MOSS ROSE 9 THE FRENCH ROSE 20 HYBRID PROVENCE ROSES 32 HYBRID CHINA ROSES 37 ROSA ALBA 54 THE DAMASK ROSE 58 THE SCOTCH ROSE 62 THE SWEET BRIAR 66 ...
Thomas Rivers. CONTENTS . PART I. THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN . Page THE PROVENCE ROSE 1 THE MOSS ROSE 9 THE FRENCH ROSE 20 HYBRID PROVENCE ROSES 32 HYBRID CHINA ROSES 37 ROSA ALBA 54 THE DAMASK ROSE 58 THE SCOTCH ROSE 62 THE SWEET BRIAR 66 ...
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... ROSE ROSA MICROPHYLLA PLANTING ABRIDGED LIST OF ROSES LIST OF NEW ROSES LIST OF SHOW OR PRIZE ROSES Page - 102 · 116 127 - 136 - 146 - 148 157 - 160 163 · 165 167 · 171 - . 179 THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN . THE PROVENCE , OR CABBAGE ( xvi )
... ROSE ROSA MICROPHYLLA PLANTING ABRIDGED LIST OF ROSES LIST OF NEW ROSES LIST OF SHOW OR PRIZE ROSES Page - 102 · 116 127 - 136 - 146 - 148 157 - 160 163 · 165 167 · 171 - . 179 THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN . THE PROVENCE , OR CABBAGE ( xvi )
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Thomas Rivers. THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN . THE PROVENCE , OR CABBAGE , ROSE . ( ROSA CENTIFOLIA . ) THIS rose has long and deservedly been the favourite ornament of English gardens ; and if , as seems very probable , it was the hundred- leaved ...
Thomas Rivers. THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN . THE PROVENCE , OR CABBAGE , ROSE . ( ROSA CENTIFOLIA . ) THIS rose has long and deservedly been the favourite ornament of English gardens ; and if , as seems very probable , it was the hundred- leaved ...
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... Provence Rose from growing more abundantly in that province : it has now , however , quite a different name in France , for it is called the " Rose à Cent Feuilles , " from the botanical name , Rosa centifolia , or Hundred - leaved Rose ...
... Provence Rose from growing more abundantly in that province : it has now , however , quite a different name in France , for it is called the " Rose à Cent Feuilles , " from the botanical name , Rosa centifolia , or Hundred - leaved Rose ...
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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.