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Thomas Rivers. CONTENTS . PART I. THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN . Page THE PROVENCE ROSE 1 THE MOSS ROSE 9 THE FRENCH ROSE 20 HYBRID PROVENCE ROSES 32 HYBRID CHINA ROSES 37 ROSA ALBA 54 THE DAMASK ROSE 58 THE SCOTCH ROSE 62 THE SWEET BRIAR 66 ...
Thomas Rivers. CONTENTS . PART I. THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN . Page THE PROVENCE ROSE 1 THE MOSS ROSE 9 THE FRENCH ROSE 20 HYBRID PROVENCE ROSES 32 HYBRID CHINA ROSES 37 ROSA ALBA 54 THE DAMASK ROSE 58 THE SCOTCH ROSE 62 THE SWEET BRIAR 66 ...
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... rose has smooth glaucous green shoots , and leaves much resembling the Striped Moss , and the Old White Moss . The Unique Provence is a genuine English rose , which , I believe , was found by Mr. Grim- wood , then of the Kensington ...
... rose has smooth glaucous green shoots , and leaves much resembling the Striped Moss , and the Old White Moss . The Unique Provence is a genuine English rose , which , I believe , was found by Mr. Grim- wood , then of the Kensington ...
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... Moss Roses in pp . 18 , 19 , the Wellington should be planted with , and fertilised by , the single Crimson Moss , and Le Grand Bercam with the Luxembourg Moss ; if ... MOSS ROSE . ( ROSA CENTIFOLIA MUSCOSA . ) ∞ THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN .
... Moss Roses in pp . 18 , 19 , the Wellington should be planted with , and fertilised by , the single Crimson Moss , and Le Grand Bercam with the Luxembourg Moss ; if ... MOSS ROSE . ( ROSA CENTIFOLIA MUSCOSA . ) ∞ THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN .
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Thomas Rivers. THE MOSS ROSE . ( ROSA CENTIFOLIA MUSCOSA . ) The Moss Rose , or Mossy Provence Rose , is most probably an accidental sport or seminal variety of the common Provence Rose , as the Old Double Moss Rose , which was ...
Thomas Rivers. THE MOSS ROSE . ( ROSA CENTIFOLIA MUSCOSA . ) The Moss Rose , or Mossy Provence Rose , is most probably an accidental sport or seminal variety of the common Provence Rose , as the Old Double Moss Rose , which was ...
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... Rose is strengthened by the fact , that plants produced by the seed of the Moss Rose do not always show moss : perhaps not more than two plants out of three will be mossy , as I have often proved . Those that are not so are most ...
... Rose is strengthened by the fact , that plants produced by the seed of the Moss Rose do not always show moss : perhaps not more than two plants out of three will be mossy , as I have often proved . Those that are not so are most ...
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Page 160 - Mrticipates (p. 87) that the day will come when all our roses, even moss-roses, will have evergreen foliage, brilliant and fragrant flowers, and the habit of blooming from June till November.