Website/Catalog  (27 Jul 2011)  
 
Rosa ‘Acidalie’
Bourbon rose.  ‘Acidalie’ has large, full, globular, sweetly-scented flowers of pure white with blush centres on a vigorous bush.  It requires good weather to perform well.  [Paul (1848, 1863)].
 
Horticultural & Botanical History
Raised by Rousseau at Angers in 1835.  Thomas Rivers commented in 1854: ‘Only one really good White Bourbon rose exists at present, an old favourite and deservedly so, Acidalie: who that has seen this beautiful rose in fine calm weather in September, has been able to withhold intense admiration?  Its large globular finely-shaped flowers of the purest white, delicately tinted with purplish rose, seem always to be drooping with beauty.  Yes, it is indeed unique and charming.’  [Rivers (1854, 1857)].
 
History at Camden Park
Arrived from Veitch’s Nursery, Chelsea on Dec, 31st, 1859 on board the ‘Hollinside’ but dead on arrival.  For more detail see Rosa ‘Ducher’.

Book  (19 Apr 2000)  Page(s) 2.  
 
'Acidalie', B, w, 1838 ... description

Book  (2000)  Page(s) 65.  
 
‘Acidalie’ = Bourbon, blanc, remontant. Description… Ses longs rameaux épineux se prêtent au palissage sur une colonne ou un mur. Ce Bourbon légèrement remontant est aujourd’hui presque introuvable. Rousseau, France, 1838. Ascendance inconnue.

Book  (Dec 1998)  Page(s) 65.  
 
Acidalie Bourbon. Rousseau 1838. Description... large, bowl-shaped blooms -- nearly 3 in (8 cm) across -- that appear at first as flesh-colored petals and then soften to white with a thin pink edge...

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 2.  
 
Acidalie (bourbon) Rousseau 1838; white, shaded light pink, large, double, globular, beautiful, fragrance 8/10, growth 7/10, long branches.

Book  (1915)  Page(s) 855.  
 
Rose (Acidalie) (Nic. 5/644) (Cag. 597) (Hod). 1106-c. Rosa borbonica (carnea-albocerea).

Nic. = Nicholson's Dictionary of Gardening; Cag = J. Cameron's; Nurseryman's Catalogue: Hodgson (Bangalore).

Website/Catalog  (1914)  Page(s) 35.  
 
Hybrid Bourbon and Bourbon Roses.
These are most valuable for Autumn flowering; only moderate pruning is necessary.
Acidalie (pillar)... Rousseau, 1838, very vigorous. White, large, full; for walls or pillars.

Book  (1906)  Page(s) 4.  
 
217. Acidalie, Ile-Bourbon, Rousseau 1838 blanc rosé

Booklet  (1904)  Page(s) 25.  
 
Bourbon Roses and Their Hybrids.
Acidalie climber (Rousseau 1833) white, large and full.  Vig. Exh. Gdn. 

Website/Catalog  (1895)  Page(s) 84.  
 
Autumnal Roses.
In Bloom from June to November.
Bourbon.
Acidaiie...  Climber, vigorous; white, beautifully tinted; free blooming...