The Rose Book: A Practical Treatise on the Culture of the Rose. Comprising the Formation of the Rosarium, the Characters of Species and Varieties, Modes of Propagating, Planting, Pruning, Training and Preparing for Exhibition, and the Management of Roses in All SeasonsGroombridge, 1864 - 288 páginas |
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... feet in length , and all misplaced and crowded shoots should be cut clean out . By this process , there will be a tolerably good bloom , and a good growth to follow . When grown as weeping stan- dards , or on pillars , thin out the ...
... feet in length , and all misplaced and crowded shoots should be cut clean out . By this process , there will be a tolerably good bloom , and a good growth to follow . When grown as weeping stan- dards , or on pillars , thin out the ...
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... feet , though a growth of twenty feet may be obtained where the circum- stances are very favourable . If they must be grown in exposed situations , some plan of pro- tection should be adopted , or the trees should be lifted in autumn ...
... feet , though a growth of twenty feet may be obtained where the circum- stances are very favourable . If they must be grown in exposed situations , some plan of pro- tection should be adopted , or the trees should be lifted in autumn ...
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... feet wide answer best , as when the roses are only four or five rows deep , every flower may be seen to advantage ; if deeper , they are only seen en masse , and the rose is too refined and noble a sub- ject to be admired only in the ...
... feet wide answer best , as when the roses are only four or five rows deep , every flower may be seen to advantage ; if deeper , they are only seen en masse , and the rose is too refined and noble a sub- ject to be admired only in the ...
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... feet circle of grass turf with standard roses of uniform height all round . To get to any of the short cross walks ... feet wide if arched over , but if open and bounded on each side with roses on trains , it might be , like all the open ...
... feet circle of grass turf with standard roses of uniform height all round . To get to any of the short cross walks ... feet wide if arched over , but if open and bounded on each side with roses on trains , it might be , like all the open ...
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... feet wide , all the cross walks arched over , and the arches covered with climbers . All these beds to be planted with named roses in groups , and the whole grown as dwarfs . The centre to consist of a mound of about ninety feet ...
... feet wide , all the cross walks arched over , and the arches covered with climbers . All these beds to be planted with named roses in groups , and the whole grown as dwarfs . The centre to consist of a mound of about ninety feet ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 62 - There's a bower of roses by BENDEMEER'S§ stream, And the nightingale sings round it all the day long ; In the time of my childhood 'twas like a sweet dream, To sit in the roses and hear the bird's song.
Página 61 - WHO has not heard of the Vale of Cashmere, With its roses the brightest that earth ever gave, Its temples, and grottos, and fountains as clear As the love-lighted eyes that hang over their wave...
Página 62 - There is another of this class, which conveys in a most elegant form a symbolical embodiment of the refining influences of the pure and the beautiful. " A traveler, in passing through a country in Persia, chanced to take into his hand a piece of clay which lay by the way-side ; and, to his surprise, he found it to exhale the most delightful fragrance: * Thou art but a poor piece of clay...
Página 63 - Thou art but a poor piece of clay,' said he, ' an unsightly, unattractive, poor piece of clay : yet how fragrant art thou ! How refreshing ! I admire thee, I love thee ; thou shalt be my companion, I will carry thee in my bosom. But whence hast thou this fragrance...