Newsletter  (Sep 2021)  Page(s) 22.  
 
[From "Why Heritage Roses?", by Dominique Massad, pp. 20-23]
Starting from a seed of Rosa filipes obtained from the Beijing Botanical Garden, I singled out the seedling which flowered the best. It was then crossed with Chinas such as ‘Sanguinea’, ‘Mme Laurette Messimy’ (Guillot fils, 1887) as well as ’Rosina’ [???], a hybrid of Rosa wichuraiana which had been sold as ‘Le Vésuve’. The desired traits have been achieved after more than 25 years of trials: ‘Gunsho’ and ‘Eridion’ for color, ‘Parc de Maupassant’ and ‘Château de la Mothe Chandeniers’ for their scent, ‘Château de Guillerval’ for the size of the blooms, and the reblooming traits found in ‘Rose delacroix’, ‘Belle de Sardaigne’ and ‘Rêve de Mireille’.