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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... feet in length in grow- ing seasons . The Crimson Pompone , or Oscar Foulard , raised from seed by M. Foulard of Le Mans , is small , with flowers quite double ; colour , red , tinged with purple : a pretty and distinct rose . Helène ...
... feet in length in grow- ing seasons . The Crimson Pompone , or Oscar Foulard , raised from seed by M. Foulard of Le Mans , is small , with flowers quite double ; colour , red , tinged with purple : a pretty and distinct rose . Helène ...
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... feet in one season ; its leaves and shoots in spring are of a deep red ; it gives a profusion of flowers , which are of a very deep crimson purple , mottled with bright red ; when in bud , or half expanded , they are very beautiful . As ...
... feet in one season ; its leaves and shoots in spring are of a deep red ; it gives a profusion of flowers , which are of a very deep crimson purple , mottled with bright red ; when in bud , or half expanded , they are very beautiful . As ...
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... feet in height , than on taller stems . If short , the stem increases in bulk progressively with the head , and the plants will then live and flourish a great many years . To give a succession of bloom , the plants in- tended to flower ...
... feet in height , than on taller stems . If short , the stem increases in bulk progressively with the head , and the plants will then live and flourish a great many years . To give a succession of bloom , the plants in- tended to flower ...
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... feet in length : if these are from a dwarf , and are fastened to a wooden or iron stake , and not shortened , the following season they will form a pillar of beauty but rarely equalled . Blairii , a rose not so much known as it deserves ...
... feet in length : if these are from a dwarf , and are fastened to a wooden or iron stake , and not shortened , the following season they will form a pillar of beauty but rarely equalled . Blairii , a rose not so much known as it deserves ...
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... was so vigorous that it made shoots more than ten feet in length in one season . This plant is still living , and nearly as vigorous as ever . and character . Hybride blanche is a hybrid Noi- sette 46 THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN .
... was so vigorous that it made shoots more than ten feet in length in one season . This plant is still living , and nearly as vigorous as ever . and character . Hybride blanche is a hybrid Noi- sette 46 THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN .
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