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Book  (Mar 1999)  Page(s) 121.  
 
'Belle Pourpre Violet'. Descemet, France. Violet-purple blossoms
Article (newsletter)  (1996)  Page(s) 45.  
 
Descemet was another great rose grower of the Empire period. His nursery was at St-Denis near Paris. In 1815 his nurseries were destroyed during the war and at that time he had imported or bred more than a hundred Gallicas -- in fact 109 are know. Only 15 of these remain -- this is one of them.
Magazine  (1832)  Page(s) 71.  
 
[From "Greffes de Rosiers sur tronçons de racines d'églantier". Lettre de M. Dupin, Membre de la Société d’ Agriculture du déparlement de l'Hérault, à M. le Directeur des Annales de l’ Institut horticole de Fromont.]

....Je me propose de continuer ces expériences de greffes de Rosiers sur tronçons de racines (d'Églantier ; je l'essaierai aussi sur les racines de certaines variétés cultivées , qui sont d’une’ vigueur remarquable , telles que le Bengale ordinaire , le B. élégant, le B. musqué à fleur simple, la Pourpre violette, etc.
Website/Catalog  (1820)  Page(s) 40.  
 
Provins. No. 449. Beau pourpre violet (Descemet)
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