Book  (2007)  Page(s) 328.  
 
'La Duchesse d'Angouleme' (Vibert, 1821) G Flesh.

Book  (Apr 1999)  Page(s) 42.  
 
Duchesse d'Angoulême ('Wax Rose') Gallica. Miellez (?), 1818 (?). The author cites information from different sources... Blush... flesh at the center and white along the edge... This variety is often called the Wax Rose... The Duchesse d'Angoulême, daughter of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette.

Book  (Dec 1998)  Page(s) 210.  Includes photo(s).

Book  (Nov 1998)  Page(s) 22.  
 
Duchesse d'Angoulême Gallica. Description. Petals are so clear a pink that they appear translucent, hence the nickname wax rose...

Book  (Jul 1998)  Page(s) 146-147.  
 
DUCHESSE D'ANGOULÊME, Vibert, 1821. Synonyms : L'Angoumoise ..., The Wax Rose (in England). Habit : less upright than the gallica-type ; 1,20 m high ; few prickles, some bristles. Foliage : light green, fine pointed leaflets...Bloom : in clusters of 3 or 4 ; globular, double ; in irregular quarters. Colour : translucent pink, very slightly marbled (from where the english synonym) ; the periphery paler, towards a white scarcely pink. Fragrance . very strong.
Vibert who introduced this variety in 1821, thought it "flesh", and Prévost in his catalogue of 1829, described it thus: "Glabrous ovary at the top. Medium size blooms, double, very regular, flesh-colour, white edges ; cluster-flowered. Very thin, transparent petals." ...Hardy classified it as "hybride de Provins" or "Provence"...

Book  (1997)  Page(s) 142-143.  Includes photo(s).
 
Vibert (France) 1835, perhaps earlier. Description and vital statistics. Deep pink buds opening to fully double, small, delicate, saucer-shaped, blush-pink flowers... Related to the Centifolias.

Article (newsletter)  (1996)  Page(s) 46.  
 
In the Rosetum Gallicum (1828), Desportes printed a list of all roses known at that period in France. Out of 2562 varieties listed, 1213 are Gallicas. Of these, Desportes gives no information about 332 of them, except their names. Of the rest 316 came from the Low Countries. The remaining 565 were bred by French raisers, of whom two stand head and shoulders above the rest: Vibert (97 varieties) and Miellez (212 varieties). These two bred over half the Gallicas produced during the Restoration. About a dozen of Vibert's Gallicas produced before 1828 are still with us. This is one of them.

Book  (Nov 1994)  Page(s) 32.  
 
Description. ('The Wax Rose') Vibert (France) 1836... Shell-like transparent petals are pale blush-pink...

Book  (1994)  Page(s) 19.  
 
Vibert prior to 1827... Description... blush-pink flowers...

Book  (Sep 1993)  Page(s) 152.  
 
Gallica. Lax growth, smooth foliage, sprays of nodding flowers -- not a typical Gallica. Flowers: blush-pink, fragrant. It was a favorite rose for growing as a standard in the old days. Marie-Thérèse Charlotte, Duchesse d'Angoulême, was the daughter of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Having survived the Revolution, she remained a leading royalist during the Empire, dying a widow in exile in 1851. Vibert is thought to have christened his rose in her honor in 1835.