From Robert Buist, "The Rose Manual" (1844) : "Louis Philippe... the circumference of the bloom is of a dark crimson colour, the centre a pale blush, making it altogether perfectly distinct from any other rose in cultivation..." - Photo from "La Pietra Rossa", March 2008
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From Robert Buist, "The Rose Manual" (1844) :
"Louis Philippe... the circumference of the bloom is of a dark crimson colour, the centre a pale blush, making it altogether perfectly distinct from any other rose in cultivation..." - Photo from "La Pietra Rossa", March 2008