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Page 23
... robust and distinct habit . d'Orléans is also a fine and brilliant rose , large , finely cupped , and distinctly spotted with white , and of the most robust and vigorous habit . E'clatante is a rose that may be distinguished in a group ...
... robust and distinct habit . d'Orléans is also a fine and brilliant rose , large , finely cupped , and distinctly spotted with white , and of the most robust and vigorous habit . E'clatante is a rose that may be distinguished in a group ...
Page 24
... robust - growing and very large rose , likely to prove a show rose of first - rate excellence . Hortense Beauharnois is a fine and large rose , very delicately and slightly spotted with white . Iphigénie is also a good spotted variety ...
... robust - growing and very large rose , likely to prove a show rose of first - rate excellence . Hortense Beauharnois is a fine and large rose , very delicately and slightly spotted with white . Iphigénie is also a good spotted variety ...
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... robust and hardy , and flourish equally as bushes on their own roots , grafted or budded ⚫ on short stems , or as standards ; but they cannot be recommended for tall standards , as their growth is too compact to be graceful . To grow ...
... robust and hardy , and flourish equally as bushes on their own roots , grafted or budded ⚫ on short stems , or as standards ; but they cannot be recommended for tall standards , as their growth is too compact to be graceful . To grow ...
Page 36
... robust and hardy , useful to the rose amateur , as serving to form a most delicate group of soft colours : they also make admirable standards , as the branches of most of the varieties are inclined to be spread- ing , diffuse , and of ...
... robust and hardy , useful to the rose amateur , as serving to form a most delicate group of soft colours : they also make admirable standards , as the branches of most of the varieties are inclined to be spread- ing , diffuse , and of ...
Page 38
... robust and vigorous habits as when the China rose is the female parent ; but perhaps this is an assertion scarcely borne out by facts , for the exceptions are numerous , and , like many other variations in roses and plants in general ...
... robust and vigorous habits as when the China rose is the female parent ; but perhaps this is an assertion scarcely borne out by facts , for the exceptions are numerous , and , like many other variations in roses and plants in general ...
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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.