Book (1972) Page(s) 34.
Tess Allen. Cabbage and Moss Roses. 'Spong', another small shrub, grows to about three feet in height but has a spread of about six feet. The goblet-shaped flowers are larger, but not as double as those of 'Petite de Hollande' and, because of this, the yellow stamens are displayed in the heart of the pink roses. 'Spong' seems an odd name for a rose but G. S. Thomas has found that Spong was a gardener who propagated this rose in great quantities.
Book (1971) Page(s) 113.
"Notes on the Origin of the Moss Rose", C.C. Hurst:
...Aiton (1789) mentions...'the Great Dwarf Rose', which is no doubt the Spong Rose (R. provincialis hybrida) of Andrews (1805), a half-dwarf...figured by Miss Lawrence (1799) under tt. 31....['Great Dwarf Rose' was actually R. centifolia minor]
Book (1971) Page(s) 120.
"Notes on the Origin of the Moss Rose", C.C. Hurst:
Cabbage Rose --> Rose de Meaux, 1637 (Willmott 1912) --> Spong Rose, 1805 (Andrews, 1805) --> Rose de Meaux, 1810 (Andrews, 1810) ; Cabbage Rose, 1810 (Andrews, 1810)
Website/Catalog (1967) Page(s) 10.
Rosa centifolia and hybrids ...Spong (introduced 1805) Pink, double.
Book (1937) Page(s) 36.
H. R. Darlington. The Garden Value of Rose Species. The pink 'De Meaux' is very like 'Spong', but is rather more double.
Book (1936) Page(s) 119.
Spong (Centifolia). Flower 1 in., double, but having stamens, pale when opening; showing darker red centre, like White De Meaux, but opening deeper rose than De Meaux Pink. Pedicel and hip very glandular and few thorns. Calyx double length of bud, leafy, eight leafy wings, reflexes, and not showing beyond flower as in De Meaux. Leaves as De Meaux, but rounder. Wood green, few thin straight thorns. Growth very dwarf.
Book (1936) Page(s) 677.
Spong, Pompon (pompon centifolia) Spong ca. 1820; Cabbage Rose X R. de Meaux; tender lilac-pink, small, very double, cup form, fragarnce 6/10, bushy, short. = Sping. Sangerhausen
Book (1906) Page(s) 289.
Miniature Provence or Pompon Roses. Spong. Rosy-lilac. A somewhat larger flower than De Meaux.
Book (1899) Page(s) 167.
Spong, Pompon, rose tendre
Book (1880) Page(s) Annex, p. 108.
pompon centifolia, Pompon Spong, matte pink, small, very double
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