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Page xi
... French roses , as it will group well with them , though not a pure French rose : this helps to avoid those numerous subdivisions with which most of the French catalogues are burdened , as they only tend to confuse the young ama- teur ...
... French roses , as it will group well with them , though not a pure French rose : this helps to avoid those numerous subdivisions with which most of the French catalogues are burdened , as they only tend to confuse the young ama- teur ...
Page xii
... French gardeners , great difficulty is often ex- perienced by their incorrectness in the names of their plants : this inattention , to call it by no worse name , has long been the bane of commercial gardening . In this country almost ...
... French gardeners , great difficulty is often ex- perienced by their incorrectness in the names of their plants : this inattention , to call it by no worse name , has long been the bane of commercial gardening . In this country almost ...
Page xv
... 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 ROSES . ( The Ayrshire Rose ) ( Rosa Multiflora ) ...
... 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 ROSES . ( The Ayrshire Rose ) ( Rosa Multiflora ) ...
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... French amateurs of the present day . Our Provence , or Cabbage , Rose is exceedingly varied in the form and disposition of its petals : the first in the catalogue , Anemoniflora , has those in the centre of the flower imperfect and ...
... French amateurs of the present day . Our Provence , or Cabbage , Rose is exceedingly varied in the form and disposition of its petals : the first in the catalogue , Anemoniflora , has those in the centre of the flower imperfect and ...
Page 4
... 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 . Its large and finely shaped globular flowers have a good effect ...
... 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 . Its large and finely shaped globular flowers have a good effect ...
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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.