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... raising roses from seed , most certainly original , will meet with the approbation of rose amateurs . And when I adduce as a fact , that some very pretty hybrid China Roses , the names of which are given in List No. 2. in Appendix , were ...
... raising roses from seed , most certainly original , will meet with the approbation of rose amateurs . And when I adduce as a fact , that some very pretty hybrid China Roses , the names of which are given in List No. 2. in Appendix , were ...
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... raised from seed , A term used to denote any portion of a plant departing from the character the entire plant should sustain . Thus , one stem of a carnation will often produce plain - coloured flowers , while the remainder of the plant ...
... raised from seed , A term used to denote any portion of a plant departing from the character the entire plant should sustain . Thus , one stem of a carnation will often produce plain - coloured flowers , while the remainder of the plant ...
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... seed can be pro- cured from either of these varieties , thus ferti- lised , some fine crimson , and , what is also very desirable , pure Provence Roses may be raised . As the characters of the true Provence Rose are so desirable , the ...
... seed can be pro- cured from either of these varieties , thus ferti- lised , some fine crimson , and , what is also very desirable , pure Provence Roses may be raised . As the characters of the true Provence Rose are so desirable , the ...
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... raised from seed , within these few years , in the Luxem- bourg Gardens . It is evidently much tinged with the dark colouring of some variety of Rosa gallica , and approaches to that grand desideratum , a dark crimson Moss Rose . This ...
... raised from seed , within these few years , in the Luxem- bourg Gardens . It is evidently much tinged with the dark colouring of some variety of Rosa gallica , and approaches to that grand desideratum , a dark crimson Moss Rose . This ...
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... seed from which new varieties may be raised . Rivers's Single Moss is inclined to be semi - double . This is a remarkably luxuriant grower , as is the Single Crimson Moss , a seed- ling which bloomed for the first time in the season of ...
... seed from which new varieties may be raised . Rivers's Single Moss is inclined to be semi - double . This is a remarkably luxuriant grower , as is the Single Crimson Moss , a seed- ling which bloomed for the first time in the season of ...
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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.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The rose amateur's guide, Part 1 |
| Author | Thomas Rivers |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1840 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 2 Oct 2006 |
| Length | 185 pages |
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