Book  (Nov 1994)  Page(s) 57.  
 
Centifolias. Paul Ricault. Portemer, France, 1845. Like ‘Blanchefleur’, which it closely resembles, except in colour, this rose shows signs of hybridity. The rolled petals and densely packed flowers have considerable charm, and it is one of the most free-flowering among these old types. Soft, rich pink, and well scented. 5 feet.

Book  (1994)  Page(s) 60.  Includes photo(s).
 
Paul Ricault .....the rough texture of the foliage, and the prominent prickles.

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 436.  
 
Paul Ricault Centifolia, medium pink, 1845, Portemer. Description.

Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 124.  Includes photo(s).
 
Paul Ricault
Hybrid Perpetual
Botanical grouping: Chinensis
France 1845
... The large, deep pink flower is similar to a centifolia... strong thorns... Prune back after flowering, removing all dead wood and spindly growth...

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 314.  Includes photo(s).
 
Paul Ricault. Centifolia. Although this rose, introduced by a Frenchman named Portemer in 1845, is usually classed as a Centifolia, its smooth green leaves and relatively few thorns betray its China Rose ancestry, and it is perhaps best classed as a once-flowering Bourbon. There are, however, no grounds for doubt over the flowers, which are superb - big, full of most symmetrically arranged petals, and sweetly fragrant. In its summer season, the arching bush is fairly loaded with rose-pink blooms. Parentage unknown. Summer flowering. Fragrant.

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 31.  Includes photo(s).
 
Paul Ricault A Bourbon hybrid or possibly a Centifolia hybrid. Very like a Centifolia in habit. Raised by Portemer in France, launched 1845. Summer flowering. Height to 150 cm (5 ft). Very good scent.

Book  (Jun 1992)  Page(s) 115.  
 
Paul Ricault Hybrid Bourbon. Portemer 1845. [Author cites information from several sources]

Book  (1992)  Page(s) 56.  Includes photo(s).
 
p56 (Centifolia chapter) Paul Ricault. A 5 ft shrub of medium vigour. The flowers are deep pink, very full petalled and rather globular, the outer petals later recurving. It has a strong fragrance and is free flowering, the blooms hanging gracefully upon the stem. Raised by Portemer (France), 1845.

p58. Photo

Book  (1992)  Page(s) 361.  Includes photo(s).
 
(Hybrid Perpetual chapter) Paul Ricault. Portemer, France 1845. A rose with large, almost Centifolia-like, fully double flowers opening flat and quartered borne along long, arching stems on a vigorous, thorny, well-foliated shrub. Repeat flowering. Tolerant of poor soils. Very fragrant. 5’x 4’ 1.5 x 1.2m.

p362. Photo.

Magazine  (1991)  Page(s) 22. Vol 13, No. 2.  
 
Glenda Pearson, Upper Swan. Heritage roses in Western Australia.
My most commonly-occuring old roses. I have coined this category because apart from rootstocks, these are the roses that I have found growing often together, all over the arable regions of WA (North to New Norcia - south to Albany). These roses include: Paul Ricault......