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 known. Only 15 of these remain -- this is one of them.

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 21.  Includes photo(s).
 
Agathe Fatima Gallica. Known since 1820.


Photographed at Malmaison near Paris with a reconstruction of Josephine's summer-house in the background.