Roses for English gardens . d in the making of our garden Roses ; moreoversome of the actual types are desirable in other classes of plants that are prime favourites,such as Daffodils and Irises, some prominent typeshave become the ancestors of a host of hybrids andgarden varieties, and a close acquaintance with thecharacter of the type plant will often give a very fairidea of the parentage of any garden Rose whosepedigree is unrecorded. Though Roses have been for many hundred yearsthe most highly prized of garden flowers, yet theirantiquity, as far as our modern gardens are co
Roses for English gardens . d in the making of our garden Roses ; moreoversome of the actual types are desirable in other classes of plants that are prime favourites,such as Daffodils and Irises, some prominent typeshave become the ancestors of a host of hybrids andgarden varieties, and a close acquaintance with thecharacter of the type plant will often give a very fairidea of the parentage of any garden Rose whosepedigree is unrecorded. Though Roses have been for many hundred yearsthe most highly prized of garden flowers, yet theirantiquity, as far as our modern gardens are concerned,cannot be compared, for instance, to that of wheat,whose origin, in direct association with any one wildgrass, has never yet been satisfactorily can trace the descent of all our Roses, within amove or two, from their wild ancestry, and, by theaid of the eye alone, observe relationships. Botanicalcharacters, such as the strongly serrated stipule inmultiflora, are a sure guide, but as this book is for 28. c ^
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