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... ROSA ALBA 54 THE DAMASK ROSE 58 THE SCOTCH ROSE 62 THE SWEET BRIAR 66 THE AUSTRIAN BRIAR 69 THE DOUBLE YELLOW ROSE 72 CLIMBING ROSES . ( The Ayrshire Rose ) ( Rosa Multiflora ) 75 79 ( The Evergreen Rose ) 82 ( The Boursault Rose` 88 ...
... ROSA ALBA 54 THE DAMASK ROSE 58 THE SCOTCH ROSE 62 THE SWEET BRIAR 66 THE AUSTRIAN BRIAR 69 THE DOUBLE YELLOW ROSE 72 CLIMBING ROSES . ( The Ayrshire Rose ) ( Rosa Multiflora ) 75 79 ( The Evergreen Rose ) 82 ( The Boursault Rose` 88 ...
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... 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 )
... 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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... ( 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 rose of Pliny , and the favourite flower of the Romans , contributing in ...
... ( 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 rose of Pliny , and the favourite flower of the Romans , contributing in ...
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... Rosa centifolia , or Hundred - leaved Rose . I must here confess that , when I was a young rose - fancier , this name often misled me , as I was very apt to think that it referred to the Scotch and other small and thickly leaved roses ...
... Rosa centifolia , or Hundred - leaved Rose . I must here confess that , when I was a young rose - fancier , this name often misled me , as I was very apt to think that it referred to the Scotch and other small and thickly leaved roses ...
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... Rosa apiifolia , is also a curious rose , unlike any other its leaves are , perhaps , as much like imperfectly curled parsley as celery . The curled Provence is as beautiful as curious , having fine globular- shaped flowers , with ...
... Rosa apiifolia , is also a curious rose , unlike any other its leaves are , perhaps , as much like imperfectly curled parsley as celery . The curled Provence is as beautiful as curious , having fine globular- shaped flowers , with ...
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abundance alba Ayrshire Ayrshire Rose Banksian beautiful rose Belle bloom Blush Bourbon Roses branches bright rose-coloured brilliant buds catalogue character Château de Neuilly climbing rose cultivation Damask rose delicate Desprez Dog Rose double flowers double rose Double Yellow Duchesse dwarf favourite fertilised finely shaped first-rate foliage fragrant France French rose garden growing growth habit hardy hybrid China roses hybrid provence hybridised large and double Luxembourg Madame manure Moss Rose Musk Rose nearly Noisette roses old variety original Perpetual Roses petals pillar rose plant Pompone Princesse probably Provence Rose pruning pure white purple raised from seed robust Rosa centifolia Rosa gallica Rosa multiflora Rosa sempervirens rose-coloured flowers roses known scarlet Scotch roses season seedling semi-double shoots soils species standard stems striped Superb Sweet Briar Tea Rose Tea-scented Roses Triomphe true Bourbon True Perpetual Tuscany varieties of Rosa vigorous Village Maid vivid rose-colour white rose Yellow Tea
Popular passages
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.