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Page 9
... manure on the surface of the bed , to be washed in by the rains of winter . To raise Provence Roses from seed , for which more full directions are given when treating of Moss Roses , in p . 23. , the Wellington should be planted with ...
... manure on the surface of the bed , to be washed in by the rains of winter . To raise Provence Roses from seed , for which more full directions are given when treating of Moss Roses , in p . 23. , the Wellington should be planted with ...
Page 23
... 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 . I have ascertained that ...
... 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 . I have ascertained that ...
Page 35
... manure should also be laid round their stems on the surface , and ma- nured water given to them plentifully in dry weather . With this description of culture , these roses will much surpass any thing we have yet seen in this country ...
... manure should also be laid round their stems on the surface , and ma- nured water given to them plentifully in dry weather . With this description of culture , these roses will much surpass any thing we have yet seen in this country ...
Page 53
... manure ; and mind that before the blooming season commences this is added to , as they require the surface of the soil moist when in flower : they will also continue much longer in bloom if this is attended to . * The great objection to ...
... manure ; and mind that before the blooming season commences this is added to , as they require the surface of the soil moist when in flower : they will also continue much longer in bloom if this is attended to . * The great objection to ...
Page 54
... manure with some green moss ; and to keep the birds from disturbing it , which they will do after worms , place on the moss some pieces of rock , or flints ; thus forming an ornamental mound . In France , roses are cultivated with much ...
... manure with some green moss ; and to keep the birds from disturbing it , which they will do after worms , place on the moss some pieces of rock , or flints ; thus forming an ornamental mound . In France , roses are cultivated with much ...
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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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