The rose amateur's guide, Part 1 |
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... 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 ) 75 ( Rosa Multiflora ) 79 ( The Evergreen Rose ) 82 ( The Boursault Rose` 88 ...
... 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 ) 75 ( Rosa Multiflora ) 79 ( The Evergreen Rose ) 82 ( The Boursault Rose` 88 ...
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... ROSE - 148 THE MUSK ROSE · THE MACARTNEY ROSE ROSA MICROPHYLLA PLANTING ABRIDGED LIST OF ROSES LIST OF NEW ROSES - 157 · 160 163 165 167 - 171 LIST OF SHOW OR PRIZE ROSES - 179 THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN . THE PROVENCE , OR CABBAGE ( xvi )
... ROSE - 148 THE MUSK ROSE · THE MACARTNEY ROSE ROSA MICROPHYLLA PLANTING ABRIDGED LIST OF ROSES LIST OF NEW ROSES - 157 · 160 163 165 167 - 171 LIST OF SHOW OR PRIZE ROSES - 179 THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN . THE PROVENCE , OR CABBAGE ( xvi )
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... ( ROSA CENTIFOLIA . ) THIS rose has long and deservedly been the favourite ornament of English gardens ; and if , as seems very probable , it was the hundred- leaved rose of Pliny , and the favourite flower of the Romans , contributing in ...
... ( ROSA CENTIFOLIA . ) THIS rose has long and deservedly been the favourite ornament of English gardens ; and if , as seems very probable , it was the hundred- leaved rose of Pliny , and the favourite flower of the Romans , contributing in ...
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... Rosa centifolia , or Hundred - leaved Rose . I must here confess that , when I was a young rose - fancier , this name often misled me , as I was very apt to think that it referred to the Scotch and other small and thickly leaved roses ...
... Rosa centifolia , or Hundred - leaved Rose . I must here confess that , when I was a young rose - fancier , this name often misled me , as I was very apt to think that it referred to the Scotch and other small and thickly leaved roses ...
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... Rosa apiifolia , is also a curious rose , unlike any other : its leaves are , perhaps , as much like imperfectly curled parsley as celery . The curled Provence is as beautiful as curious , having fine globular- shaped flowers , with ...
... Rosa apiifolia , is also a curious rose , unlike any other : its leaves are , perhaps , as much like imperfectly curled parsley as celery . The curled Provence is as beautiful as curious , having fine globular- shaped flowers , with ...
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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.