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... equal to those grown in the environs of their town ; they assert , that towards the end of the seventeenth century , it was sold in India for its weight in gold . 1596 is given by botanists as the date of its introduction ; and , owing ...
... equal to those grown in the environs of their town ; they assert , that towards the end of the seventeenth century , it was sold in India for its weight in gold . 1596 is given by botanists as the date of its introduction ; and , owing ...
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... equal to the foregoing in every re- spect , but differs a little in colour , which is deep yet bright rose . In beautiful contrast as regards colour , but of the same vigorous habit , is Triomphe de Jaussens ; colour brilliant crimson ...
... equal to the foregoing in every re- spect , but differs a little in colour , which is deep yet bright rose . In beautiful contrast as regards colour , but of the same vigorous habit , is Triomphe de Jaussens ; colour brilliant crimson ...
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... equal beauty , but of which it is impossible to give descriptions without a sameness which would be tedious to the reader . In the Catalogue of 1845 accurate descriptions are given , which , though brief , are correct . I have now to ...
... equal beauty , but of which it is impossible to give descriptions without a sameness which would be tedious to the reader . In the Catalogue of 1845 accurate descriptions are given , which , though brief , are correct . I have now to ...
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... equal degree , of both parents . They have upon the long and graceful shoots of the Provence the close and more dense foliage of the French rose ; and , in some of the varieties , the pale and delicate colouring of the first so ...
... equal degree , of both parents . They have upon the long and graceful shoots of the Provence the close and more dense foliage of the French rose ; and , in some of the varieties , the pale and delicate colouring of the first so ...
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... equal claims to two classes . First impressions have perhaps placed it in one , and there rival amateurs should let it remain : for classification of roses , as in every department of science , although in almost every case imperfect ...
... equal claims to two classes . First impressions have perhaps placed it in one , and there rival amateurs should let it remain : for classification of roses , as in every department of science , although in almost every case imperfect ...
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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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