(19 Feb 1861)  Page(s) 302. Vol 25.  
 
While giving his [Rivers's] modicum of praise to Trouillard, of Angers, and his seedlings, we hardly think justice is done to that grand Rose Eugène Appert: nor do we think it to be, as he implies, inferior to its parent Géant. We have, moreover, heard of (and indeed seen the stock of), one from the same raiser called Grégoire Bordillon, which in size, shape, colour, and vigour of habit, is believed to be a decided best on its papa.

(1862)  Page(s) 28.  
 
Noisette.  Narcisse pale lemon, very pretty.