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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... leaves , when they are seen to bristle from head to foot with a formidable array of spines . They are mostly Asiatic in origin , produce red flowers , and are deciduous . None of these are grown in our gardens . 2. R. bracteata ( the ...
... leaves , when they are seen to bristle from head to foot with a formidable array of spines . They are mostly Asiatic in origin , produce red flowers , and are deciduous . None of these are grown in our gardens . 2. R. bracteata ( the ...
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... leaves of the shops . From R. Damascena and R. centifolia otto of roses is distilled , and the petals of R. centifolia are largely used in medicine . 6. R. villosa , a British rose , represents a section to which it gives its name ...
... leaves of the shops . From R. Damascena and R. centifolia otto of roses is distilled , and the petals of R. centifolia are largely used in medicine . 6. R. villosa , a British rose , represents a section to which it gives its name ...
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... leaves . There are two distinct sections , namely , the Damask and the Perpetual Damask , and they differ so greatly that it will be proper to keep them apart in this classification , as their union under one head could serve no useful ...
... leaves . There are two distinct sections , namely , the Damask and the Perpetual Damask , and they differ so greatly that it will be proper to keep them apart in this classification , as their union under one head could serve no useful ...
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... leaves , a vigorous habit of growth , and in the splendour of their flowers . The gem of the family is Coup d'Hebe , large , double , and most beautifully formed , the petals arranged with exquisite symmetry ; colour , delicate wax ...
... leaves , a vigorous habit of growth , and in the splendour of their flowers . The gem of the family is Coup d'Hebe , large , double , and most beautifully formed , the petals arranged with exquisite symmetry ; colour , delicate wax ...
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... leaves , and producing a profusion of clusters of small , pretty flowers , which , in some varieties , are very brilliant . They are tender in constitution , and bloom so early that they frequently suffer from spring frosts , even in ...
... leaves , and producing a profusion of clusters of small , pretty flowers , which , in some varieties , are very brilliant . They are tender in constitution , and bloom so early that they frequently suffer from spring frosts , even in ...
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Términos y frases comunes
abundant amateur autumn Ayrshire Banksian bark beautiful beds bloom blush Bourbon Boursault Brennus brier bright centre China rose clay climbing roses colour Comte de Paris Comtesse crimson cultivator culture Damask deep delicate Dijon dog rose dung dwarf feet flowers foliage fragrant François Arago frost garden Gloire Gloire de Dijon graft ground grow grown hardy head Hybrid Perpetuals inches inserted bud Jacqueminot Jules Margottin knife large and full leaves loam Lord Raglan Louise Manetti manure Moss Moss roses Noisettes nursery perfect pillar roses pink plant pots pretty produce propagating Provence pruning pure white removed require roots Rosa rosarian rosarium rosery roses known Rosier Santenay scion season shaded side-shoots soil Souvenir spring standard stem strong shoots suckers summer superb Tea roses tender tion tree Triomphe varieties vigorous grower wall weather William Griffiths winter wood yellow roses yellow Teas
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...