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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... season of flowers , and the rose of spring . The rose is the sweet perfume which the mouths of the gods exhale ; the joy of mortals , the loveliest ornament of the Graces in the flowery season of love , and the dearest delight of Venus ...
... season of flowers , and the rose of spring . The rose is the sweet perfume which the mouths of the gods exhale ; the joy of mortals , the loveliest ornament of the Graces in the flowery season of love , and the dearest delight of Venus ...
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... season ; still a bouquet of Old Cabbage Roses , stem of a carnation , which should give striped flowers uniform with the rest , will often produce plain - coloured flowers ; it is then said to sport . ' · or of the Crested , is above ...
... season ; still a bouquet of Old Cabbage Roses , stem of a carnation , which should give striped flowers uniform with the rest , will often produce plain - coloured flowers ; it is then said to sport . ' · or of the Crested , is above ...
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... season it had entirely lost its moss , and had produced semi - double flowers , the exact resemblance of the Scarlet Provence . The White Moss is another instance of this singular quality , for that originated from a sporting branch ...
... season it had entirely lost its moss , and had produced semi - double flowers , the exact resemblance of the Scarlet Provence . The White Moss is another instance of this singular quality , for that originated from a sporting branch ...
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... seasons slightly tinged with purple ; this has to a certain extent superseded the Luxembourg Moss , which only a few years since was our only deep - coloured Moss Rose . Its habit is not quite so robust as that of the latter , which in ...
... seasons slightly tinged with purple ; this has to a certain extent superseded the Luxembourg Moss , which only a few years since was our only deep - coloured Moss Rose . Its habit is not quite so robust as that of the latter , which in ...
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... season , consequently there cannot be a finer object for a column ; another step , and we should have had in this a Mossy Bourbon Rose , blooming in Autumn . Alas ! in hybridising Moss Roses it is ' le dernier pas qui coûte , ' and not ...
... season , consequently there cannot be a finer object for a column ; another step , and we should have had in this a Mossy Bourbon Rose , blooming in Autumn . Alas ! in hybridising Moss Roses it is ' le dernier pas qui coûte , ' and not ...
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