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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 THE AUSTRIAN BRIAR 69 THE DOUBLE YELLOW ROSE 72 CLIMBING ...
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 THE AUSTRIAN BRIAR 69 THE DOUBLE YELLOW ROSE 72 CLIMBING ...
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Page PERPETUAL ROSES · 102 THE BOURBON ROSE 116 THE CHINA ROSE - 127 THE TEA - SCENTED CHINESE ROSE - 136 THE MINIATURE ROSE - 146 THE NOISETTE ROSE - 148 THE MUSK ROSE · THE MACARTNEY ROSE ROSA MICROPHYLLA PLANTING ABRIDGED LIST OF ...
Page PERPETUAL ROSES · 102 THE BOURBON ROSE 116 THE CHINA ROSE - 127 THE TEA - SCENTED CHINESE ROSE - 136 THE MINIATURE ROSE - 146 THE NOISETTE ROSE - 148 THE MUSK ROSE · THE MACARTNEY ROSE ROSA MICROPHYLLA PLANTING ABRIDGED LIST OF ...
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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 ...
( 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 ...
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... 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 .
... 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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The Celery - leaved Rose , or 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 ...
The Celery - leaved Rose , or 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 ...
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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.