Website/Catalog (27 Jul 2011)
Rosa ‘Helen Paul’
Hybrid Perpetual. ‘Helen Paul’, a seedling of ‘Victor Verdier’, is a pure white rose, sometimes shaded pink, large, full and globular in form. [Paul 1888].
Horticultural & Botanical History
Probably raised by William Paul, or at least introduced to Britain by this nursery.
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’.
[If 'Helen Paul' was sent from Veitch in 1859, it cannot be Lacharme's rose]
Book (1936) Page(s) 337.
Helfn (HP) ? 1854 ; flesh-pink
Book (1906) Page(s) 72.
4.632. Helfn [sic], Hybride Remontant 1854 incarnat et rose
Book (1899) Page(s) 77.
Helfn, HR, 1854, incarnat et rosé
Book (1882) Page(s) 14.
Helfn [sic]... Hybride Perpétuel. Paul. 1854 Incarnat rosé. Fleur moyenne. Plante moyenne.
Magazine (Dec 1856) Page(s) 361.
New Roses. by William Paul. Nurseries, Cheshunt, Herts.
The Hybrid Perpetuals are, as usual, in the ascendant...
Helen (Paul) is one of the sweetest Roses in existence; the colour is blush, with rosy centre; uncertain out of doors, but of great beauty when grown under glass.
Magazine (Jun 1855) Page(s) 158.
Meeting of the Horticultural Society, April 3rd, Regent Street.
The following New Roses are very fine:
Paul's Helen, light blush, full, very fine...
Magazine (29 May 1855) Page(s) 142.
NEW ROSES.
Mr. Paul, of Cheshunt, sent thirty kinds of new Roses in No. 16 pots, very nice plants, with two, three, to half-a-dozen flowers on each, besides flower buds. The following are what I would choose, and the order of the selection. Of Hybrid Perpetuals, Prince Leon, like a dark red La Reine; General Castellane, crimson ; Barone de Kermont, rose; Helen (Paul's), like an old blush Province Rose ; Comte d'Nanteuil, like a blush Pæony; Jules Margottin, a good red rose; Leon Plee, a blush; Louise Odier, a large trusser, rose; Madame Hector Jacquin, rose, or like Camellia elegans ; Madame Duchere, a light blush-rose; Prince Albert (Paul), a Bourbon Rose of the highest colour, and seems a strong grower; and Duchess of Norfolk, not so double or so dark as it was exhibited last year by Mr. Wood, of Maresfield.
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