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Thomas Rivers. CONTENTS . PART I. THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN . Page THE PROVENCE ROSE 1 THE MOSS ROSE 9 THE 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 ...
Thomas Rivers. CONTENTS . PART I. THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN . Page THE PROVENCE ROSE 1 THE MOSS ROSE 9 THE 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 ...
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... Provence ; but the claims of these latter have been disputed . I lately wrote to a very old rose amateur in France ... Hybrid roses , between this and Rosa gallica , are called Provence Roses by the French amateurs of the present day ...
... Provence ; but the claims of these latter have been disputed . I lately wrote to a very old rose amateur in France ... Hybrid roses , between this and Rosa gallica , are called Provence Roses by the French amateurs of the present day ...
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... hybrid Provence , with flowers extremely double , and not quite so globular as those of the true Provence Roses ; but a most beautiful rose , and a very abundant bloomer . The King of Holland is a very old variety , with immense ...
... hybrid Provence , with flowers extremely double , and not quite so globular as those of the true Provence Roses ; but a most beautiful rose , and a very abundant bloomer . The King of Holland is a very old variety , with immense ...
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Thomas Rivers. that rare colour among roses . The Spotted is a hybrid Provence of great beauty , with large globular flowers of the deepest rose- colour , delicately spotted . This fine rose has large leaves , and makes upright shoots of ...
Thomas Rivers. that rare colour among roses . The Spotted is a hybrid Provence of great beauty , with large globular flowers of the deepest rose- colour , delicately spotted . This fine rose has large leaves , and makes upright shoots of ...
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... Provence Roses from seed , for which more full directions are given when treating of Moss Roses in pp . 18 , 19 ... hybrid , and , like many other hybrid roses , it does not bear seed so freely as those that are pure ; but I shall have ...
... Provence Roses from seed , for which more full directions are given when treating of Moss Roses in pp . 18 , 19 ... hybrid , and , like many other hybrid roses , it does not bear seed so freely as those that are pure ; but I shall have ...
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abundance alba Ayrshire Ayrshire Rose Banksian beautiful rose Belle bloom Blush Bourbon Roses branches bright rose-coloured brilliant buds catalogue character Château de Neuilly climbing rose cultivation Damask rose delicate Desprez Dog Rose double flowers double rose Double Yellow Duchesse dwarf favourite fertilised finely shaped first-rate foliage fragrant France French rose garden growing growth habit hardy hybrid China roses hybrid provence hybridised large and double Luxembourg Madame manure Moss Rose Musk Rose nearly Noisette roses old variety original Perpetual Roses petals pillar rose plant Pompone Princesse probably Provence Rose pruning pure white purple raised from seed robust Rosa centifolia Rosa gallica Rosa multiflora Rosa sempervirens rose-coloured flowers roses known scarlet Scotch roses season seedling semi-double shoots soils species standard stems striped Superb Sweet Briar Tea Rose Tea-scented Roses Triomphe true Bourbon True Perpetual Tuscany varieties of Rosa vigorous Village Maid vivid rose-colour white rose Yellow Tea
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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.