Parsons on the Rose: A Treatise on the Propagation, Culture, and History of the RoseOrange Judd, 1869 - 215 páginas |
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... petals , which constitute the Rose in its single or natural state . The double blossoms are formed by the change of the stamens and pistils into petals or flower leaves , shorter than those of the corolla proper . The fruit or seed ves ...
... petals , which constitute the Rose in its single or natural state . The double blossoms are formed by the change of the stamens and pistils into petals or flower leaves , shorter than those of the corolla proper . The fruit or seed ves ...
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... petals ; the white roses of Heraclea , in Greece , and those of Alabande , which seem to be identical with R. centifolia . According to the Roman naturalist and to Theophrastus , they grew naturally on Mount Panga , and produced there ...
... petals ; the white roses of Heraclea , in Greece , and those of Alabande , which seem to be identical with R. centifolia . According to the Roman naturalist and to Theophrastus , they grew naturally on Mount Panga , and produced there ...
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... petals of this species , and all the varieties of R. centifolia , as well as those of other species , are employed indiscriminately for the purpose of making rose - water . A shrub , growing from two feet to eight feet high , and ...
... petals of this species , and all the varieties of R. centifolia , as well as those of other species , are employed indiscriminately for the purpose of making rose - water . A shrub , growing from two feet to eight feet high , and ...
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... petals curved inwards , so as , in the double state , to give the flower the appearance of the heart of a cabbage , whence the name of the Cabbage Rose . Its fruit is either oblong or roundish , but never elongated . From R. Gal- lica ...
... petals curved inwards , so as , in the double state , to give the flower the appearance of the heart of a cabbage , whence the name of the Cabbage Rose . Its fruit is either oblong or roundish , but never elongated . From R. Gal- lica ...
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... petals of some of the varieties of this rose are used in medicine , which , though not so fragrant as those of the Dutch hundred - leaved rose , also one of the varieties of this species , are preferred for their beautiful color and ...
... petals of some of the varieties of this rose are used in medicine , which , though not so fragrant as those of the Dutch hundred - leaved rose , also one of the varieties of this species , are preferred for their beautiful color and ...
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abundant abundantly ancient attar autumn bark beautiful Bengal bloom bloomer blush Bourbon branches bright rose calyx centifolia China cion climbing roses clusters corymbs covered crimson crown cultivated culture cupped Damask Rose delicate desirable distillation double double flowers early essential oil favorite feet flowers foliage fragrant France French frost fruit gardens globular grafting green-house grower growing habit hardy house of Lancaster Hybrid inches insects La Rosière large and full larvæ Leaflets leaves Madame manure mentioned mode Moss Rose Noisette obtained open ground pale perfume Persian petals pink placed plant Pliny pots Prickles produced Provence Provence Rose pruning pure white Queen red rose Remontant rich Romans roots Rosa Rosa Gallica rose color rose-petals rose-water Salency scarcely season seed Sepals shaded shoots shrub soil sometimes species spring stem summer surface tree varieties of roses vigorous growth winter wood yellow rose young
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Página 178 - Noyou, who lived at the end of the fifteenth, and beginning of the sixteenth century, during the reign of Clovis.
Página 154 - I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
Página 80 - I was struck with the appearance of two rose-trees, full fourteen feet high, laden with thousands of flowers, in every degree of expansion, and of a bloom and delicacy of scent that imbued the whole atmosphere with the most exquisite perfume.
Página 79 - Ghazeepoor is celebrated throughout India for the wholesomeness of its air, and the beauty and extent of its rose-gardens.
Página 148 - Scarabseians, when not eating, they lie upon the side, with the body curved so that the head and tail are nearly in contact. They move with difficulty on a level surface, and are continually falling over on one side; or the other. They attain their full size. in the autumn, being then nearly three quarters of an inch long, and about an eighth of an inch in diameter.
Página 39 - Monsieur Perichon, a proprietor at Saint Benoist, in the isle, in planting one of these hedges, found amongst his young plants one very different from the others in its shoots and foliage. This induced him to plant it in his garden. It flowered the following year; and, as he anticipated...
Página 80 - In the spring of the year, an extent of miles around the town presents to the eye a continual garden of roses, than which nothing can be more beautiful and fragrant. The sight is perfectly dazzling ; the plain, as far as the eye can 'reach, extending in the same bespangled carpet of red and green. The breezes, too, are loaded with the sweet odor which is wafted far across the river Ganges.
Página 144 - They somewhat resemble the young of the saw-fly in form, but are not quite so convex. They have a small, round, yellowish head, with a black dot on each side of it, and are provided with twenty-two short legs. The body is green above, paler at the sides, and yellowish beneath ; and it is soft, and almost transparent like jelly. The skin of the back is transversely wrinkled, and covered with minute elevated points ; and there are two, small, triple-pointed warts on the edge of the first ring, immediately...
Página 173 - HERE DAMON LIES, WHOSE SONGS DID SOMETIMES GRACE THE MURMURING ESK ; MAY ROSES SHADE THE PLACE.
Página 144 - The females do not fly much, and may be seen, during most of the day, resting on the leaves ; and, when touched, they draw up their legs, and fall to the ground. The males are more active, fly from one rose-bush to another, and hover around their sluggish partners. The latter, when about to lay their eggs, turn a little on one side, unsheathe their saws, and thrust them obliquely into the skin of the leaf, depositing, in each incision thus made, a single egg. The young begin to hatch in ten days...