. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. 156 Rosacccc—Rosa. trary classifications adopted by horticulturists have no scientific value, and we might add that in a gardening point of view they are of very slender utility. The catalogues are filled with names of varieties, many of which it is utterly impossible to distinguish. It would be a great service to amateurs if these catalogues were scrup
. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. 156 Rosacccc—Rosa. trary classifications adopted by horticulturists have no scientific value, and we might add that in a gardening point of view they are of very slender utility. The catalogues are filled with names of varieties, many of which it is utterly impossible to distinguish. It would be a great service to amateurs if these catalogues were scrupulously purged, and thenceforward none but varieties of real merit admitted. In this v?ay many of the older varieties, almost abandoned at the present time, would reassert their claims to be placed in the first rank, and this fact induces us to enumerate a few here which already date back many years. Amongst the common Centifolias or Provence Eoses we Ijave the Painters'' Rose (fig. 83), ^'ery large, very double and rose- coloured ; the common Cabbage Rose, very large, double, rosy- pink ; the Celery-leaved Rose, medium size, full, and rose-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hemsley, W. Botting (William Botting), 1843-1924; Decaisne, J. (Joseph) Manuel de l'amateur des jardins. Boston, Estes & Lauriat
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