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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... soon exhaust the space needed for disquisitions on rose - culture , and the book would be not only dry but useless . As to the history of the rose , that has never yet been written , but some adventurous spirit will , some day , seize ...
... soon exhaust the space needed for disquisitions on rose - culture , and the book would be not only dry but useless . As to the history of the rose , that has never yet been written , but some adventurous spirit will , some day , seize ...
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... sus- tain them in the production of blossoms that will weigh down the branches to the ground . As soon as the bloom is over , shorten in all the shoots that bloomed to within four or five buds of their base 22 THE ROSE BOOK .
... sus- tain them in the production of blossoms that will weigh down the branches to the ground . As soon as the bloom is over , shorten in all the shoots that bloomed to within four or five buds of their base 22 THE ROSE BOOK .
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... soon as they are large enough to be distinguished . As a rule , at least one - half the buds may be removed with advantage to those that remain , and the removal should be by a clean cut to within three or four buds of the base of the ...
... soon as they are large enough to be distinguished . As a rule , at least one - half the buds may be removed with advantage to those that remain , and the removal should be by a clean cut to within three or four buds of the base of the ...
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... - tion during autumn . Queen of the Bourbons is a remarkable rose ; as soon as you have seen one bloom you may know that it will not cease to pro- duce a succession , until the frost literally melts the 46 THE ROSE BOOK .
... - tion during autumn . Queen of the Bourbons is a remarkable rose ; as soon as you have seen one bloom you may know that it will not cease to pro- duce a succession , until the frost literally melts the 46 THE ROSE BOOK .
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... soon as they appear , all except the top buds of strong shoots . It matters not how large these roses are grown , they never become coarse , and it is worth while therefore to disbud for the chance of something extra . Souvenir d'Elise ...
... soon as they appear , all except the top buds of strong shoots . It matters not how large these roses are grown , they never become coarse , and it is worth while therefore to disbud for the chance of something extra . Souvenir d'Elise ...
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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...