About this text Introduction 1. Gros Choux d'Hollande 2. Milkmaid 3. Jeanne D'Arc 4. Rubens 5. Slater's Crimson China 6. D'Aguesseau 7. Niphetos 8. Desprez à Fleur Jaune 9. Mme Alfred Carrière 10. Noëlla Nabonnand 11. Parkzierde 12. Bullata 13. Reine des Violettes 14. Solfaterre 15. Meg Merrilies 16. Reine des Iles Bourbon 17. Fortuniana 18. Sombreuil 19. Molly Sharman-Crawford 20. Gruss an Teplitz 21. Maman Cochet 22. Souvenir de la Malmaison 23. Fantin-Latour 24. Waldfee 25. Harison's Yellow |
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Souvenir de la Malmaison(1843, Mme Desprez x tea rose) Also known as "Queen of Beauty", the most famous and most beautiful of the Bourbon roses (if a bit fussy about wet weather). It is a rose of memory; everyone who knows it seems to have a vivid recollection of an encounter with a particular specimen. Although at times they may have difficulty remembering the exact location, the magnificence of the plant itself is imprinted on their hearts.
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