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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... shape : it is in its buds that this rose is interesting . The Agathe - leaved Moss , " Mous- seuse à Feuilles d'Agathe , " is a new hybrid , be- tween the Rose gallica Agathe and the Moss Rose : its flowers are of a pale flesh - colour ...
... shape : it is in its buds that this rose is interesting . The Agathe - leaved Moss , " Mous- seuse à Feuilles d'Agathe , " is a new hybrid , be- tween the Rose gallica Agathe and the Moss Rose : its flowers are of a pale flesh - colour ...
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... shape is generally perfect . Sombrieul is a delicate spotted rose , something like Aurélie ; probably having the same origin , as it was raised from seed by the same grower . Tricolor , or La Belle Alliance , is now a very old variety ...
... shape is generally perfect . Sombrieul is a delicate spotted rose , something like Aurélie ; probably having the same origin , as it was raised from seed by the same grower . Tricolor , or La Belle Alliance , is now a very old variety ...
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... shape ; colour a delicate blush . Cerise superbe is one of the most brilliant in co- lour in this class ; its flowers approach to scarlet ; they are quite double , and in shape perfectly beautiful . Columella is also a rose deserving a ...
... shape ; colour a delicate blush . Cerise superbe is one of the most brilliant in co- lour in this class ; its flowers approach to scarlet ; they are quite double , and in shape perfectly beautiful . Columella is also a rose deserving a ...
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... shape , all that can be wished for in a rose . L'Ingénue is most un- doubtedly a descendant of the Globe Hip , with flowers of the purest white , the centre of the flower inclining to yellow ; this is one of the finest white roses known ...
... shape , all that can be wished for in a rose . L'Ingénue is most un- doubtedly a descendant of the Globe Hip , with flowers of the purest white , the centre of the flower inclining to yellow ; this is one of the finest white roses known ...
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... shape , and of a delicate straw colour , differing altogether from any other summer * I have now placed this rose in my catalogue among the Damask roses , to which it is very nearly allied . rose . Laura , with flowers very large , of D ...
... shape , and of a delicate straw colour , differing altogether from any other summer * I have now placed this rose in my catalogue among the Damask roses , to which it is very nearly allied . rose . Laura , with flowers very large , of D ...
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