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Still I am induced to hope that my hints and instructions for raising roses from seed , most certainly original , will meet with the approbation of rose amateurs . And when I adduce as a fact , that some very pretty hybrid China Roses ...
Still I am induced to hope that my hints and instructions for raising roses from seed , most certainly original , will meet with the approbation of rose amateurs . And when I adduce as a fact , that some very pretty hybrid China Roses ...
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... for if a Parisian cultivator raises a good rose from seed , and gives it a popular name , a provincial florist will immediately give some one of his seedlings , perhaps a very inferior rose , the same , so that there are often two ...
... for if a Parisian cultivator raises a good rose from seed , and gives it a popular name , a provincial florist will immediately give some one of his seedlings , perhaps a very inferior rose , the same , so that there are often two ...
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In describing this and the next division I shall have occasion to notice more of these spontaneous deviations . The Striped Unique is one ; for this was not raised from seed , A term used to denote any portion of a plant departing from ...
In describing this and the next division I shall have occasion to notice more of these spontaneous deviations . The Striped Unique is one ; for this was not raised from seed , A term used to denote any portion of a plant departing from ...
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To raise Provence Roses from seed , for which more full directions are given when treating of Moss Roses in pp . 18 , 19 , the Wellington should be planted with , and fertilised by , the single Crimson Moss , and Le Grand Bercam with ...
To raise Provence Roses from seed , for which more full directions are given when treating of Moss Roses in pp . 18 , 19 , the Wellington should be planted with , and fertilised by , the single Crimson Moss , and Le Grand Bercam with ...
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The Miniature Moss is one which I originated from seed in my endeavours to raise a superior dark variety from the Single Moss Rose . Its flowers are small , of a bright pink , and pretty , though only semi - double .
The Miniature Moss is one which I originated from seed in my endeavours to raise a superior dark variety from the Single Moss Rose . Its flowers are small , of a bright pink , and pretty , though only semi - double .
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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.