The Rose-amateur's Guide: Containing Ample Descriptions of All the Fine Leading Varieties of Roses, Regularly Classed in Their Respective Families : Their History and Mode of Culture |
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... Autumn . Alas ! in hybridising Moss Roses it is ' le dernier pas qui coûte , ' and not ' le premier . ' Thus one more remove from the Moss Rose , and a nearer approach to the Bourbon , would have probably 14 THE MOSS ROSE .
... Autumn . Alas ! in hybridising Moss Roses it is ' le dernier pas qui coûte , ' and not ' le premier . ' Thus one more remove from the Moss Rose , and a nearer approach to the Bourbon , would have probably 14 THE MOSS ROSE .
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... autumn , and give a long , but not a secondary series of flowers . Some of these hybrid China roses produce seed abundantly , which is rather a remarkable feature , as so few hybrid plants are fertile . Hybrids produced from the French ...
... autumn , and give a long , but not a secondary series of flowers . Some of these hybrid China roses produce seed abundantly , which is rather a remarkable feature , as so few hybrid plants are fertile . Hybrids produced from the French ...
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... autumn removed it to a pet situation . It did not bloom in perfection the season after removal ; but when esta- blished , it completely eclipsed all the dark roses known , and the plant was so vigorous that it made shoots more than ten ...
... autumn removed it to a pet situation . It did not bloom in perfection the season after removal ; but when esta- blished , it completely eclipsed all the dark roses known , and the plant was so vigorous that it made shoots more than ten ...
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... autumn before they had shed their leaves , which , lodging on the branches , crushed them to the ground , so that they never recovered . Some old specimens of the Double Apple - bearing rose still exist here : one has a stem nearly ...
... autumn before they had shed their leaves , which , lodging on the branches , crushed them to the ground , so that they never recovered . Some old specimens of the Double Apple - bearing rose still exist here : one has a stem nearly ...
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... autumn . This rose should be planted in a very warm border , or trained against a south wall with Bourbon Gloire de Rosomène ; and if carefully fertilised with it , some beautiful crimson autumnal roses would probably be originated ...
... autumn . This rose should be planted in a very warm border , or trained against a south wall with Bourbon Gloire de Rosomène ; and if carefully fertilised with it , some beautiful crimson autumnal roses would probably be originated ...
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