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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... grow the flower to perfection . But whether I succeed or not in that attempt , I shall cer- tainly not endeavour to treat of the botany of the rose , or of its history as a cultivated flower , in any except a most superficial and ...
... grow the flower to perfection . But whether I succeed or not in that attempt , I shall cer- tainly not endeavour to treat of the botany of the rose , or of its history as a cultivated flower , in any except a most superficial and ...
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... grown on their own roots , and the soil should be abundantly manured for them . On stiff clays they may be either on their own roots or on short brier stocks . In any case they must be very hard pruned , every shoot being cut in to ...
... grown on their own roots , and the soil should be abundantly manured for them . On stiff clays they may be either on their own roots or on short brier stocks . In any case they must be very hard pruned , every shoot being cut in to ...
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... grow freely if worked on the brier , but the others among the summer - blooming varieties had best be on their own roots or on Manetti . The de- licate growers require a light rich soil , such as would suit Tea roses , and all of them ...
... grow freely if worked on the brier , but the others among the summer - blooming varieties had best be on their own roots or on Manetti . The de- licate growers require a light rich soil , such as would suit Tea roses , and all of them ...
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... grow well worked on briers , and form handsome standards ; they also do well on their own roots , and if the soil is gravelly or chalky , they may be grown on Manetti . They require abundant manuring and moderate pruning . 4. THE FRENCH ...
... grow well worked on briers , and form handsome standards ; they also do well on their own roots , and if the soil is gravelly or chalky , they may be grown on Manetti . They require abundant manuring and moderate pruning . 4. THE FRENCH ...
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... grown in any form , either as standards on the brier , or as dwarf bushes on brier , Manetti , or their own roots ; when grown as tall standards their appearance is most ungraceful . To grow these for exhibition , the trees should be ...
... grown in any form , either as standards on the brier , or as dwarf bushes on brier , Manetti , or their own roots ; when grown as tall standards their appearance is most ungraceful . To grow these for exhibition , the trees should be ...
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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...