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Provence Roses , its clusters of bloom are too heavy and pendulous to be seen with effect on dwarf plants . Illustre Beauté , or Célestine , is a hybrid Provence , with flowers extremely double , and not quite so globular as those of ...
Provence Roses , its clusters of bloom are too heavy and pendulous to be seen with effect on dwarf plants . Illustre Beauté , or Célestine , is a hybrid Provence , with flowers extremely double , and not quite so globular as those of ...
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There are but two ways in which Provence Roses can be employed as ornaments to the flower garden , -as standards for the lawn , and as dwarfs for beds . Standards of some of the varieties , if grown on a strong clayey soil , form fine ...
There are but two ways in which Provence Roses can be employed as ornaments to the flower garden , -as standards for the lawn , and as dwarfs for beds . Standards of some of the varieties , if grown on a strong clayey soil , form fine ...
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In colour it does not differ from the common moss ; but it seems more dwarf and delicate in its habit , and more abundantly mossed . E'clatante is a Moss Rose , quite worthy of notice ; for it is so vigorous in its growth , that it soon ...
In colour it does not differ from the common moss ; but it seems more dwarf and delicate in its habit , and more abundantly mossed . E'clatante is a Moss Rose , quite worthy of notice ; for it is so vigorous in its growth , that it soon ...
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The Scarlet Pompone , Pompone ecarlate , or Mousseuse Picciola , is a new variety , something like Mousseuse de la Flèche in character , but more dwarf , with flowers much smaller , and nearly or quite double ; it is a very pretty ...
The Scarlet Pompone , Pompone ecarlate , or Mousseuse Picciola , is a new variety , something like Mousseuse de la Flèche in character , but more dwarf , with flowers much smaller , and nearly or quite double ; it is a very pretty ...
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This rose often puts forth branches in one season from eight to ten feet in length : if these are from a dwarf , and are fastened to a wooden or iron stake , and not shortened ...
This rose often puts forth branches in one season from eight to ten feet in length : if these are from a dwarf , and are fastened to a wooden or iron stake , and not shortened ...
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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.