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... Madame Huet and Rose Devigne are delicate blush roses , much alike , and both beautiful ; the latter has , perhaps , the larger flowers of the two , and is cer- tainly one of the finest blush roses known ; it is most luxuriant in habit ...
... Madame Huet and Rose Devigne are delicate blush roses , much alike , and both beautiful ; the latter has , perhaps , the larger flowers of the two , and is cer- tainly one of the finest blush roses known ; it is most luxuriant in habit ...
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... Madame Hardy , to come with a bud in the centre of the flower : in habit it is most robust , and well adapted to train up a column or pillar , which when covered with its snowy and large flowers may perhaps , without affectation , be ...
... Madame Hardy , to come with a bud in the centre of the flower : in habit it is most robust , and well adapted to train up a column or pillar , which when covered with its snowy and large flowers may perhaps , without affectation , be ...
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... Madame L'Abbey , one of the most brilliant in its bright rose colour , and beautiful and perfect in its cupped shape , deserves a place by the side of the delicate Eugenie . La Calaissienne is a large rose of the most per- fect cupped ...
... Madame L'Abbey , one of the most brilliant in its bright rose colour , and beautiful and perfect in its cupped shape , deserves a place by the side of the delicate Eugenie . La Calaissienne is a large rose of the most per- fect cupped ...
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... Madame Laffay , " is much inclined to give a second series of flowers : this rose should be planted in a very warm border , or trained against a south wall with Bourbon Gloire de Rosomène , and if carefully fertilised with it , some ...
... Madame Laffay , " is much inclined to give a second series of flowers : this rose should be planted in a very warm border , or trained against a south wall with Bourbon Gloire de Rosomène , and if carefully fertilised with it , some ...
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... Madame Laffay , Melanie Cornu , or the China Rose , Eugene Beauharnais . The Great Western , which bears seed freely , may be crossed with Fabvier , Gloire de Rosamène or the Bourbon Rose , Charles Souchet , Hortensia with the China ...
... Madame Laffay , Melanie Cornu , or the China Rose , Eugene Beauharnais . The Great Western , which bears seed freely , may be crossed with Fabvier , Gloire de Rosamène or the Bourbon Rose , Charles Souchet , Hortensia with the China ...
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