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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Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843 - Roses - 241 pages

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