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  (1936)  Page(s) 481.  
 
Minerve (Provins) ? ? ; dark red

Website/Catalog  (1844)  Page(s) 12.  
 
PROVINS.
Provins Minerve.

Website/Catalog  (1831)  Page(s) 41.  
 
Rosa gallica, Rosier de france
minerve. 1 fr. 50 c.

Book  (1828)  Page(s) 58.  
 
Rosier de Provins.
1319 —Minerve.—Grande Junon. (Descemet).

Website/Catalog  (1826)  Page(s) 63, 68.  
 
ROSA sinensis....Hybrides.
Minerve.

Website/Catalog  (1826)  Page(s) 62, 63.  
 
Rosa gallica.
p. 62: grande Junon.

p. 63: Minerve.

Book  (1824)  Page(s) 568.  
 
Rosier de Provins, Rosier de France, Rosa gallica.
Variétés à grandes fleurs doubles ou semi-doubles.
Junon, Eucharis et Minerve sont encore des fleurs très-brillantes.

Book  (1824)  Page(s) 952.  
 
Rosa gallica ....M. NOISETTE nous a fourni la liste suivante de nouvelles variétés, classées comme celle ci-dessus... Minerve ...

Book  (1824)  Page(s) 1252.  
 
New varieties of the French Rose (Rosa gallica):
Velvety ...Minerve....