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... 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 . I must here ...
... 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 . I must here ...
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... 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 when suspended from a standard : these are of ...
... 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 when suspended from a standard : these are of ...
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... growing among plants of the common Cabbage Rose . This variety was at first much esteemed , and plants of it were sold at very high prices . Most probably this was not a seedling from the Old Cabbage Rose , as that is too double to bear ...
... growing among plants of the common Cabbage Rose . This variety was at first much esteemed , and plants of it were sold at very high prices . Most probably this was not a seedling from the Old Cabbage Rose , as that is too double to bear ...
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... grown in Sussex , but a French variety , which was found among others , and propagated on account of its distinct ... grown on a strong clayey soil , form fine objects of ornament , as their large globular flowers are so gracefully ...
... grown in Sussex , but a French variety , which was found among others , and propagated on account of its distinct ... grown on a strong clayey soil , form fine objects of ornament , as their large globular flowers are so gracefully ...
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... growing from the crevice of a wall at Friburg in Switzerland . No rose can be more singular and beautiful than this ... grown in a poor soil , its buds often lose their crest , and come plain , like the Provence Rose . As a standard ...
... growing from the crevice of a wall at Friburg in Switzerland . No rose can be more singular and beautiful than this ... grown in a poor soil , its buds often lose their crest , and come plain , like the Provence Rose . As a standard ...
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The Rose-Amateur's Guide: Containing Ample Descriptions of All the Fine ... Thomas Rivers No preview available - 2015 |
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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.