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... plants of different natures bear- ing flowers alike . I may also mention , that in moist showery weather , the flowers of some of the extremely double roses cannot open , but those of others less double , but like them in colour , will ...
... plants of different natures bear- ing flowers alike . I may also mention , that in moist showery weather , the flowers of some of the extremely double roses cannot open , but those of others less double , but like them in colour , will ...
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... - rienced by their incorrectness in the names of their plants : this inattention , to call it by no worse name , has long been the bane of com- a mercial gardening . In this country almost every nurseryman is INTRODUCTION . ix.
... - rienced by their incorrectness in the names of their plants : this inattention , to call it by no worse name , has long been the bane of com- a mercial gardening . In this country almost every nurseryman is INTRODUCTION . ix.
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... plant of the Muses . " Though she wounds us with her thorns , we gather her with pleasure . What delight to hold this flower consecrated to love , and to breathe its sweet odours ! " Ah ! what should we be without the rose ? " Our poets ...
... plant of the Muses . " Though she wounds us with her thorns , we gather her with pleasure . What delight to hold this flower consecrated to love , and to breathe its sweet odours ! " Ah ! what should we be without the rose ? " Our poets ...
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... plants . The Monstrous Provence , Cabbage - leaved , or Centifolia bullata , has that large and curious inflated foliage , which we have no expressive name for , but which the French call " bullée : " it is a vigorous - growing plant ...
... plants . The Monstrous Provence , Cabbage - leaved , or Centifolia bullata , has that large and curious inflated foliage , which we have no expressive name for , but which the French call " bullée : " it is a vigorous - growing plant ...
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Thomas Rivers. the Kensington Nursery , in some cottage - garden , growing among plants of the common Cabbage Rose . This variety was at first much esteemed , and plants of it were sold at very high prices . Most probably this was not a ...
Thomas Rivers. the Kensington Nursery , in some cottage - garden , growing among plants of the common Cabbage Rose . This variety was at first much esteemed , and plants of it were sold at very high prices . Most probably this was not a ...
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