Newsletter  (Feb 2013)  Page(s) 6.  
 
Daniel Boll of New York, a Swiss horticulturist, established his Midtown Nursery in 1837, the same year in which he introduced his hybrid perpetual ‘Belle Americaine’. The rose may have been named in reference to Elizabeth Monroe, wife of our fifth president; it was the name given her by the French when she intervened to prevent the Marquise de Layfayette [sic] from being guillotined. It is not clear whether or not ‘Belle Americaine’ is the same rose as ‘Pretty American’, to which the French name translates; the latter is also ascribed to Boll but is described as a deep pink miniature.

Book  (Dec 2000)  Page(s) 37.  
 
Belle Américaine
Hybrid Perpetual
Daniel Boll

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 20.  
 
Américaine, Belle (HP) Boll 1837; light red to dark red, medium size, double, growth 4/10, upright.

Book  (1899)  Page(s) 20.  
 
Belle Américaine, HR, D. Bol, 1837, rouge foncé

Book  (1892)  Page(s) 240.  
 
110. Belle Americaine, moderate [growth], Hybrid Remontant.  Daniel Boll (New York), 1837.  Deep pink, double, small, well formed.

Magazine  (Sep 1880)  Page(s) 260.  
 
[From "American Roses" by H.B. Ellwanger (A paper read before the W. N. Y. Horticultural Societyat Rochester, Jan. 29, 1880), pp. 258-260]
Hybrid Perpetual Roses ....  Belle Americaine (Daniel Boll, of New York). Deep pink color, flowers small, but of fine form.

Magazine  (1 Apr 1880)  Page(s) 60.  
 
[From "NOTICE SUR LES ROSES AMÉRICAINES" by H.B. Ellwanger, read at the Horticultural Society of Rochester on 29 January 1880]
Rosa Damascena Hybrida. — (Hybrides remontants.
Belle Américaine (Daniel Boll, de New-York). Rose foncé, fleurs petites mais de bonne forme.

Book  (1880)  Page(s) Annex, p. 16.  
 
hybrid perpetual, Belle Americaine, light red, medium size, full.

Book  (1858)  Page(s) 182.  
 
Hybride incertaine remontante...Belle Américaine, medium size, full, bright red. Boll, 1848.

Book  (1858)  Page(s) 166.  
 
Rosa damascena bifera. Belle Americaine, double, tender pink, perfect form.