The Rose Annual

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Royal National Rose Society, 1927
Includes report of the Council, Constitution, Summary of receipts and payments of the National Rose Society.
 

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Seite 71 - It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log, at last, dry, bald, and sere: A lily of a day, Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall, and die that night; It was the plant, and flower of light. In small proportions, we just beauties see: And in short measures, life may perfect be.
Seite 84 - Like the vase, in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will. But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Seite 21 - ... who shall hold office for one year but shall be eligible for re-election. (4) In the case of a life company there shall be elected Elections in at the first and second annual meetings not less than five nor more than nine shareholders' directors, who shall hold office for one year but shall be eligible for re-election.
Seite 61 - I hope, in a few years, to see Bourbon Roses in every garden, for the " queen of flowers " boasts no members of her court more beautiful...
Seite 171 - Facts. — A great many roses may be successfully propagated as own-root plants. Some roses do as well so grown as by any other method; a few are claimed to do better. Some roses will fail when grown on their own roots. Practically all types of hardy ramblers and species do splendidly on their own roots. Budded Facts.
Seite 171 - A great many roses may be successfully propagated by budding. Some roses will do better so grown than by any other method, and certain stocks are superior for certain varieties.
Seite 266 - ... fogs out of the east, and powdered with the snow as it comes flying southward from the Highland hills. The weather is raw and boisterous in winter, shifty and ungenial in summer, and a downright meteorological purgatory in the spring. The delicate die early...
Seite 24 - ... copyrights granted by any Member to matters which, according to its laws and regulations, are not within the scope of such grants, or to products or conditions of production, use or sale which are likewise not the subjects of such grants; (g) any similar practices which the Organization may declare, by a majority of two-thirds of the Members present and voting, to be restrictive business practices.
Seite 127 - This manure should be used in spring at the rate of a quarter of a pound to the square yard, left on the surface of the ground and not dug in.
Seite 31 - ... theory of the gene ; and finally. I hope to say a few words about the applications of genetics to medicine. The modern theory of genetics dates from the opening years of the present century, with the discovery of Mendel's long-lost paper that had been overlooked for thirty-five years. The data obtained by de Vries in Holland, Correns in Germany and Tschermak in Austria showed that Mendel's laws are not confined to garden peas, but apply to other plants. A year or two later the work of Bateson...

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