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... single flowers is found in a wild state in the southern provinces ; it is therefore very probable that it was called the Provence Rose from growing more abundantly in that province : it has now , however , quite a different name in ...
... single flowers is found in a wild state in the southern provinces ; it is therefore very probable that it was called the Provence Rose from growing more abundantly in that province : it has now , however , quite a different name in ...
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... single Crimson Moss , and Le Grand Bercam with the Luxembourg Moss ; if 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 ...
... single Crimson Moss , and Le Grand Bercam with the Luxembourg Moss ; if 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 ...
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... single - flowering Moss Rose would have been the first known . and described ; but the Single Moss , as com- pared with the Double , is a new variety . Some few years since a traveller in Portugal mentioned that the Moss Rose grew wild ...
... single - flowering Moss Rose would have been the first known . and described ; but the Single Moss , as com- pared with the Double , is a new variety . Some few years since a traveller in Portugal mentioned that the Moss Rose grew wild ...
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... Single Moss Rose . Its flowers are small , of a bright pink , and pretty , though only semi - double . The Prolific Moss is not the Prolifère of the French , but a dwarf variety of the common Moss , and a most abundant bloomer . This is ...
... Single Moss Rose . Its flowers are small , of a bright pink , and pretty , though only semi - double . The Prolific Moss is not the Prolifère of the French , but a dwarf variety of the common Moss , and a most abundant bloomer . This is ...
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... Single Moss and Single Lilac Moss are desirable as being distinct , and capable of bearing 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 ...
... Single Moss and Single Lilac Moss are desirable as being distinct , and capable of bearing 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 ...
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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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