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... dwarf plants . Illustre Beauté , or Célestine , is a hybrid Provence , with flowers extremely double , and not quite so globular as those of the true Provence Roses ; but a most beautiful rose , and a very abundant bloomer . The King of ...
... dwarf plants . Illustre Beauté , or Célestine , is a hybrid Provence , with flowers extremely double , and not quite so globular as those of the true Provence Roses ; but a most beautiful rose , and a very abundant bloomer . The King of ...
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... dwarfs for beds . Standards of some of the varieties , if grown on a strong clayey soil , form fine objects of ornament , as their large globular flowers are so gracefully pendent . In this de- scription of soil also , if grown as dwarfs ...
... dwarfs for beds . Standards of some of the varieties , if grown on a strong clayey soil , form fine objects of ornament , as their large globular flowers are so gracefully pendent . In this de- scription of soil also , if grown as dwarfs ...
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... dwarf and delicate in its habit , and more abundantly mossed . E'clatante is a Moss Rose , quite worthy of notice ; for it is so vigorous in its growth , that it soon forms a fine tree : its colour is also remarkably bright . The ...
... dwarf and delicate in its habit , and more abundantly mossed . E'clatante is a Moss Rose , quite worthy of notice ; for it is so vigorous in its growth , that it soon forms a fine tree : its colour is also remarkably bright . The ...
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... dwarf , with flowers much smaller , and nearly or quite double ; it is a very pretty bright carmine rose , and will probably prove one of the prettiest of our dwarf Moss Roses . A new striped Moss Rose , Mousseuse Pana- chée pleine ...
... dwarf , with flowers much smaller , and nearly or quite double ; it is a very pretty bright carmine rose , and will probably prove one of the prettiest of our dwarf Moss Roses . A new striped Moss Rose , Mousseuse Pana- chée pleine ...
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... dwarf , and are fastened to a wooden or iron stake , and not shortened , the following season they will form a pillar of beauty but rarely equalled . Blairii , All the roses to which this term is applied make very long and flexible ...
... dwarf , and are fastened to a wooden or iron stake , and not shortened , the following season they will form a pillar of beauty but rarely equalled . Blairii , All the roses to which this term is applied make very long and flexible ...
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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.