Book  (Jul 1998)  Page(s) 301.  
 
Lee. Cette variété est répertoirée dans Modern Roses 10 (1993) en tant que gallique. Elle avait été obtenue par Vibert en 1823 qui la décrivat "grande, pleine, beau rose vif" (catal. 1841, n^o 423). Elle est probablement éteinte.

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 308.  
 
Lee Gallica, blush, shaded flesh, 1823, Vibert. Description.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 408.  
 
Lee (Provins) Vibert 1823; bright light pink, large, double, flat. = Perpetual.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 40.  
 
Auguste, Belle (Provins) ? ? ; vivid light purple, shaded flesh-colour, large, double, fragrance 6/10, floriferous.
Auguste, Empereur (Provins) Vibert 1817; white, flesh-coloured; = Belle Auguste [year of breeding pertains to the damask of the same name]

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 40.  
 
Auguste, Belle (pimpinellifolia) Vibert 1817; white, center flesh-coloured, large, double, flat, long arching stems, in clusters of 2-4, floriferous, feee-blooming, broad habit. = Empereur-Auguste; Lee.
[description pertains to the gallica of 1823]

Book  (1880)  Page(s) Annex, p. 69.  
 
gallica. Lee, see Belle Auguste.

Book  (1880)  Page(s) Annex, p. 16.  
 
gallica. Belle Auguste, Lee, pale pink with incarnate, large, very double, flat, very impressive, floriferous and early blooming.

Book  (1858)  Page(s) 213.  
 
Rosa gallica.
Lée, Blumen groß, voll, schön lebhaftrosa.

Translation: Rosa gallica.
Lée, the large, full blooms are a fine vivid pink.

Book  (1858)  Page(s) 203.  
 
Rosa gallica.
Belle Auguste, Blumen groß, sehr gefüllt, blaßroth, fleischfarben schattirt, von flachem Bau; reich und früh blühend; Habitus hangend, Form mäßig.

Translation: Rosa gallica.
Belle Auguste, the flowers are large, flat and very double, light pink with flesh-color shading; blooming richly and freely; the habit is pendulous, and growth is moderate.

Magazine  (1854)  Page(s) 317.  
 
Gallica, or French Roses...
Belle Auguste, or Lee, pale blush.