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Page vii
... cultivation of this favourite flower is followed more for my pleasure than my business I may possibly again attempt to make a little book about roses . Sawbridgeworth , April , 1840 . * . INTRODUCTION . So many rose amateurs have ...
... cultivation of this favourite flower is followed more for my pleasure than my business I may possibly again attempt to make a little book about roses . Sawbridgeworth , April , 1840 . * . INTRODUCTION . So many rose amateurs have ...
Page ix
... cultivation , such varieties as are distinct and adapted for par- ticular situations , though accurately enough described in a catalogue , I have presumed some practical observations might be acceptable . I have also long felt the ...
... cultivation , such varieties as are distinct and adapted for par- ticular situations , though accurately enough described in a catalogue , I have presumed some practical observations might be acceptable . I have also long felt the ...
Page x
Thomas Rivers. from eight to ten acres are here devoted to the cultivation of select named varieties . In noticing and describing the different roses in the following pages , though a cultivator of them for sale , I have endeavoured to ...
Thomas Rivers. from eight to ten acres are here devoted to the cultivation of select named varieties . In noticing and describing the different roses in the following pages , though a cultivator of them for sale , I have endeavoured to ...
Page 7
... cultivate them on their own roots . The freedom with which they grow in the light sandy soils of Surrey points out this method of culture on such soils as the most eligible . In pruning , they require a free use of the knife : every ...
... cultivate them on their own roots . The freedom with which they grow in the light sandy soils of Surrey points out this method of culture on such soils as the most eligible . In pruning , they require a free use of the knife : every ...
Page 11
... cultivated in 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 ...
... cultivated in 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 ...
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The Rose-Amateur's Guide: Containing Ample Descriptions of All the Fine ... Thomas Rivers No preview available - 2015 |
The Rose Amateur's Guide: Containing Ample Descriptions of All the Fine ... Thomas Rivers No preview available - 2016 |
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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.