'Madame d'Hébray' rose References
Book (2001) Page(s) 229. [Alphonse Karr]...aimait les roses anciennes: "Quelques-uns ne connaissent pas, n'ont jamais vu un certain nombre de vieilles et magnifiques roses, que le goût du public, avide de nouveauté plus que de beauté, a fait abandonner le commerce." Qui plus est, il appréciait particulièrement les galliques: "Je suis pour quelque chose, par mes demandes réitérées et mes objurgations, dans la réapparition des Provins, du moins quleques-uns, sur les catalogues. Il suivait avec attention les nouveautés et ne manquait jamais de rapporter ses conclusions, avec l'humour qui lui était coutumier: "Un rosiériste un peu farceur a mis au jour, il y a très peu d'années, une rose nouvelle, "Madame d'Hebray" (ou Debray). Cette rose n'est autre que l'ancienne rose "Unique panachée", une des plus anciennes et de plus brillantes".
Book (Jul 1998) Page(s) 285-286. Includes photo(s). Madame d'Hébray' Pradel (?), probably 1857. Habit: upright shrub, quite strong branches; some prickles and bristles. Foliage: not much, light. Many leaves with 7 leaflets instead of 5, oblong or rounded, quite large. Bloom: not floriferous; small bloom, double, cupped; solitary or in pairs. Central light green eye. colour: carmine-red or violet-red, streaked roughly with pinkish white. Fragrance: Strong. The first mention of this rose is in the catalogue of Verdier of 1858...In any case, 'Madame d'Hébray' does probably not date from 1820 as mentioned in several great rosaries...
Book (1986) Page(s) 41. Includes photo(s). Mme. d'Hébray 1820... double, fragrant, striped pink and light red on white
Website/Catalog (1968) Page(s) 24. MADAME D'HEBRAY (Pradel 1820). Rose rayé.
Book (1936) Page(s) 335. d'Hébray, Mme. (Provins or Centifolia) Pradel p. 1820; white, striped and stained vivid pink, large, double, once-blooming, growth 5/10. = [similar to] Unique panachée (Caron). Caron in Rouen received it from Mme. Chaussée in le Havre. Sangerhausen
Magazine (1934) Page(s) 26. Madame d'Hebray, whose blooms are large and full, will also brighten up her rather heavy rose-red with white, and Belle des Jardins, perhaps a better shade of the same colour and similarly streaked, has a flower of good size and substance. I have seen Belle des Jardins with blooms having a ground colour tending more to purple, but know not which is the true owner of the name.
Book (1930) Page(s) 33. This species has given us many striped forms, and among those I have been able to collect the best are Belle des Jardins; Madame d'Hebray, very large and full;...
Website/Catalog (1929) Page(s) 67. Damask, and Gallica or French Roses A hundred years ago, these types were the most highly prized of all Roses. Their hardiness and fragrance have been handed down to the modern Hybrid Perpetuals and Hybrid Teas, but they are still most attractive in their genuine old-fashioned way. We are glad we can offer a good selection of these very scarce old sorts. Madame d'Hebray. (Unique Panachée). Gallica or Provins. (Pradel, 1820.) Double, white flowers of excellent size and fine, globular shape, faintly striped with rose and lilac. Very beautiful, but if too well fed, becomes pure white. Moderate growth.
Book (1902) Page(s) 102. Among the roses grown at L'Haÿ in 1902. Race des Rosiers de Provins [Gallica] No. 3016. Madame d'Hébray (Pradel 1820) rose rayé
Magazine (1899) Page(s) 22. Synonymie des Roses. Rosier Centfeuilles. Unique blanche (Laffay) = Madame d'Hebray
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