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... abundantly in that province : it has now , however , quite a dif- ferent name in France , for it is called the " Rose à Cent Feuilles , " from the botanical name , Rosa centifolia , or Hundred - leaved Rose . I must here confess that ...
... abundantly in that province : it has now , however , quite a dif- ferent name in France , for it is called the " Rose à Cent Feuilles , " from the botanical name , Rosa centifolia , or Hundred - leaved Rose . I must here confess that ...
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... abundant bloomer . This is known by the French florists as the Minor Moss : it is a most excellent variety to keep in pots for forcing . Prolifère , or Mousseuse Prolifère , is an old variety from France , producing very large flowers ...
... abundant bloomer . This is known by the French florists as the Minor Moss : it is a most excellent variety to keep in pots for forcing . Prolifère , or Mousseuse Prolifère , is an old variety from France , producing very large flowers ...
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... abundantly , it will , I hope , be the parent of some first - rate varieties . The White Bath or Clifton Moss is a favourite and beautiful Rose : this owes its origin to a sporting branch of the common ... abundant , and 16 THE MOSS ROSE .
... abundantly , it will , I hope , be the parent of some first - rate varieties . The White Bath or Clifton Moss is a favourite and beautiful Rose : this owes its origin to a sporting branch of the common ... abundant , and 16 THE MOSS ROSE .
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Thomas Rivers. which they are enveloped is long and abundant , and of the most lively green ; its flowers , when expanded , are of a deep reddish rose , rather irre- gular in shape : it is in its buds that this rose is interesting ...
Thomas Rivers. which they are enveloped is long and abundant , and of the most lively green ; its flowers , when expanded , are of a deep reddish rose , rather irre- gular in shape : it is in its buds that this rose is interesting ...
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... abundant annual dressing and manure on the surface in November , and the bed lightly stirred with the fork in February . In cold and clayey soils they in general succeed much better worked on the Dog Rose , forming beauti- ful standards ...
... abundant annual dressing and manure on the surface in November , and the bed lightly stirred with the fork in February . In cold and clayey soils they in general succeed much better worked on the Dog Rose , forming beauti- ful standards ...
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