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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... tion of all lovers of the rose , how to 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 ...
... tion of all lovers of the rose , how to 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 ...
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... tion into any introductory chapter of a work mainly devoted to a quite different purpose . I shall therefore only bring forward here such few botani- cal and historical matters as appear to be properly introductory to the chapters which ...
... tion into any introductory chapter of a work mainly devoted to a quite different purpose . I shall therefore only bring forward here such few botani- cal and historical matters as appear to be properly introductory to the chapters which ...
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... tion roses of the highest excellence , in which dis- tinct features of the Damask rose may be traced . This group is easily distinguished by its pale green far - apart pubescent leaves . There are two distinct sections , namely , the ...
... tion roses of the highest excellence , in which dis- tinct features of the Damask rose may be traced . This group is easily distinguished by its pale green far - apart pubescent leaves . There are two distinct sections , namely , the ...
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... tion are chiefly interesting , because of the prospect they afford of obtaining from them some good varie- ties by the fertilization of their flowers with the pollen of some of the yellow roses that are most prized . All the Scotch ...
... tion are chiefly interesting , because of the prospect they afford of obtaining from them some good varie- ties by the fertilization of their flowers with the pollen of some of the yellow roses that are most prized . All the Scotch ...
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... tion is a free - growing and very beautiful wild rose of Italy . The varieties are not numerous , but they are very pretty , and are much prized as climbers . They are furnished with an ample , handsome , dark green foliage , which is ...
... tion is a free - growing and very beautiful wild rose of Italy . The varieties are not numerous , but they are very pretty , and are much prized as climbers . They are furnished with an ample , handsome , dark green foliage , which is ...
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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...