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... autumn ; it is , however , to be regretted , that its habit is delicate ; this I attri- bute to its having been hitherto budded on the Dog Rose . I am sanguine enough to anticipate , that by using the Rosa Maneltii in the Bemsault stock ...
... autumn ; it is , however , to be regretted , that its habit is delicate ; this I attri- bute to its having been hitherto budded on the Dog Rose . I am sanguine enough to anticipate , that by using the Rosa Maneltii in the Bemsault stock ...
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... autumn . Alas , in hybridising roses it is " le dernier pas qui coute , " and not " le premier . Thus one more remove from the moss rose , and a nearer approach to the Bourbon , would have probably given us merely a mediocre Bourbon ...
... autumn . Alas , in hybridising roses it is " le dernier pas qui coute , " and not " le premier . Thus one more remove from the moss rose , and a nearer approach to the Bourbon , would have probably given us merely a mediocre Bourbon ...
Page 44
... autumn , and give a long , but not a second- ary series of flowers . Some of these hybrid China roses produce seed abundantly , which is rather a remarkable feature , as so few hybrid plants are fertile . Hybrids produced from the ...
... autumn , and give a long , but not a second- ary series of flowers . Some of these hybrid China roses produce seed abundantly , which is rather a remarkable feature , as so few hybrid plants are fertile . Hybrids produced from the ...
Page 48
... autumn removed it to a pet situation . It did not bloom in perfection the season after removal , but , when established , it completely eclipsed all the dark roses known , and the plant was so vigorous that it made shoots more than ten ...
... autumn removed it to a pet situation . It did not bloom in perfection the season after removal , but , when established , it completely eclipsed all the dark roses known , and the plant was so vigorous that it made shoots more than ten ...
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... autumn ; these are globular , of a bright rosy red , and very beautiful . Gloire de Couline , a new variety , is a rose of exceeding beauty and very fragrant ; its flowers are very large , finely shaped , very double , and of a rich ...
... autumn ; these are globular , of a bright rosy red , and very beautiful . Gloire de Couline , a new variety , is a rose of exceeding beauty and very fragrant ; its flowers are very large , finely shaped , very double , and of a rich ...
Common terms and phrases
amateur autumnal roses Ayrshire Banksian bear seed beautiful rose bloom blush Bourbon roses Boursault bright rose-colour buds catalogues China Rose climbing roses cloth colour Comte de Paris cultivated cupped Damask Rose deep delicate Desprez distinct Dog Rose double flowers Double Yellow dwarf Edition Fcap feet fertilised finely shaped foliage Foolscap 8vo fragrant French rose garden give globular Gloire graft grow habit hardy hybrid Bourbon hybrid China roses hybrid perpetual hybrid Provence inches J. C. Loudon Laffay large clusters luxuriant Madame manure Moss Rose Noisette origin pale perfect Perpetual Roses petals pillar rose pink plants Pompone pots pretty produce Provence Rose pruning pure white purple raised from seed remarkable rieties robust roots Rosa Alba Rosa gallica Rosa sempervirens roses known season semi-double shoots soils standard stems striped summer roses superb Sweet Briar Tea-scented Roses Triomphe varieties of Rosa vigorous vols white rose yellow Tea
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