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... foliage , which we have no expressive name for , but which the French call " bullée : " it is a vigorous - growing plant , with flowers like the Old Provence . La Reine de Pro- vence really deserves to be the queen of this division ...
... foliage , which we have no expressive name for , but which the French call " bullée : " it is a vigorous - growing plant , with flowers like the Old Provence . La Reine de Pro- vence really deserves to be the queen of this division ...
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... foliage and flowers . For this purpose it is better on its own roots , as worked plants so treated would throw up too many suckers . The French Crimson Moss is , perhaps , not quite so deep in colour , but much more double than the ...
... foliage and flowers . For this purpose it is better on its own roots , as worked plants so treated would throw up too many suckers . The French Crimson Moss is , perhaps , not quite so deep in colour , but much more double than the ...
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... foliage and striped flowers give the plant a pretty original appearance . The Sage - leaved Moss is a good double rose , remarkable only for its leaves , which are much like those of the common sage . The Single Moss and Single Lilac ...
... foliage and striped flowers give the plant a pretty original appearance . The Sage - leaved Moss is a good double rose , remarkable only for its leaves , which are much like those of the common sage . The Single Moss and Single Lilac ...
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... foliage , and pale- coloured compact flowers , remarkable for their crowded petals . That very old striped rose , sometimes improperly called the " York and Lancaster " Rose , seems to have been one of the first variations of Rosa ...
... foliage , and pale- coloured compact flowers , remarkable for their crowded petals . That very old striped rose , sometimes improperly called the " York and Lancaster " Rose , seems to have been one of the first variations of Rosa ...
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... foliage of the French rose ; and , in some of the varieties , the pale and delicate co- louring of the first is enlivened by the rich and deep crimson hues of the latter . The origin of these roses may be soon attested ; for , if the ...
... foliage of the French rose ; and , in some of the varieties , the pale and delicate co- louring of the first is enlivened by the rich and deep crimson hues of the latter . The origin of these roses may be soon attested ; for , if the ...
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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.