Newsletter  (Feb 2020)  Page(s) 14.  
 
[From "A Raise Eyebrow for Striped Roses", by Darrell g.h. Schramm, pp. 13-18]
Like the above rose, there was more than one ‘Tricolore’. Cornelis Jansz Stegerhoek produced a Gallica ‘Tricolore’ also known as ‘Belle Alliance’ in 1817 (which also came to be called ‘Reine Marguerite’). But the first written mention of ‘Tricolore’ occurred in 1778 when it was listed as introduced in 1776. Surely the two were not the same rose? The one in commerce today, a Gallica as well, was introduced in 1827 by Lahaye pere. A reddish pink rose with some white streaks and purple mottling, it emits a pleasant scent from its double, quartered flowers. Sometimes the coloring varies to a lilac shade. Overall, it is the least striped rose among this set; in fact, I hesitate to call it a striped rose. Often the occasional white streak is no more prominent than that on ‘Fabvier’, ‘Bon Silene’ or other wellknown old garden roses.Virtually without prickles, the plant grows to four feet by three.

Book  (2000)  Page(s) 603.  
 
‘Tricolore’, syn ‘Reine Marguerite’ – Ancien – Gallique, tons roses. Description… Les descriptions fournies varient très largement, mais les fleurs de galliques sont souvent très changeantes… Lahaye Père, France, 1827.

Book  (Mar 1999)  Page(s) 103.  
 
('Rose Tricolor', 'Ruban Dore', 'Belle Alliance', 'Gallica Mexica Aurantia') Labaye-père (France) 1827. Description. Vivid crimson, mottled and shaded with violet purple. A white-colored stripe in the center of the petals.

Book  (Dec 1998)  Page(s) 603.  
 
Tricolore ('Reine Marguerite') Gallica. Lahaye Père 1827. Description... one of the hundreds [of Gallicas] introduced in the early nineteenth century. The flowers are deep pink to crimson and are fringed at the edges, fotted and mottled white...

Book  (1997)  Page(s) 148.  
 
('Tricolore', 'Reine Marguerite') Lahaye Pere (France) 1827. Description and vital statistics. Deep pink to crimson flowers with petal edges tinged lilac, shapely and fully double...

Article (newsletter)  (1996)  Page(s) 44.  
 
Cornelius Stegerhock in Nordwyck offered a Gallica named 'Tricolore', a synonymous name for which is 'Belle Alliance'. Joyaux says this rose no longer exists.

Book  (Nov 1994)  Page(s) 36.  
 
('Reine Marguerite') c. 1840. Flowers: singly or in small clusters, rich magenta-crimson, quickly flushing purple at the edges, a small white stripe is noticeable in the centre of each petal.

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 614.  
 
Gallica (OGR), pink blend, 1827, ('Reine Marguerite'); Lahaye Père. Flowers lilac-pink, fringed at edges, dotted and mottled white

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 23.  Includes photo(s).
 
('Reine Marguerite') Lahaye père (France) 1827. Description.

Book  (1991)  Page(s) 138-139.  Includes photo(s).
 
c. 1840. ('Reine Marguerite') Description. A unique Gallic rose showing three colours - vivid crimson fading to purple on the rperimeter of the blooms, with slender streaks on most of the petals.