(2001)  Page(s) 195, plate 42.  Includes photo(s).
 
Rose Aimable Rouge
Conrad Mönch 1785 calls it a subspecies of R. belgica, bred in Weissenstein.
Gerda Nissen, in her book 'Alte Rosen', writes as follows on 'Aimable Rouge': "This small gallica rose was one of my first finds, and I was able to give it back ist true name when I found its double in 1979 in the rose section of a dealer specializing in old plants in Denmark. There it was called 'Aimable Rouge'. The pretty name suggests that it was given its name by Empress Josephine. At all events it is recorded that it grew in her garden in Malmaison.
Three years later in Kassel I celebrated a second, unexpected meeting with it. Rose lovers had unearthed in the Wilhelmshöhe Schloss Museum a forgotten treasure: 133 watercolour paintings of roses by the court painter Salomon Pinhas, which had been painted between 1806 and 1815 and had never been seen by the public. These coloured plates showed the roses of a collection that the Landgreve of Hesse began to build up from 1767 on. And lo and behold: 'Aimable Rouge' was also there, reproduced with accurate details down to the typical hollow, rounded foliage."
'Aimable Rouge' is a rather wild, suckering, rampant, low rose, which cannot be eradicated where it has once taken hold.

(2001)  Page(s) 105.  
 
'Andersonii' (Hillier 1912) Discovered in England as a natural hybrid between R. canina and R. arvensis or R, gallica. Pure pink, single, blooming subsequently in clusters, very long blooming period, scarlet-red, very persistent hips. Dense, closed habit.

(2001)  Page(s) 194, plate 36.  Includes photo(s).
 
Rose Beauté touchante
This rose is on offer in the Napoleonshöhe nursery catalogue of 1811.
Gravereaux mentions it in his book "Les Roses de L'Impératrice Joséphine" as having been in Malmaison. In L'Haÿ-les-Roses, however, it is no longer mentioned. Perhaps it was one of the roses which Catharina, Jérôme's wife, sent from Napoleonshöhe to Empress Josephine and it has now been lost.

(2001)  Page(s) 201, plate 95.  Includes photo(s).
 
Rose Belle de Weissenstein
Named 'Belle de Napoleonshöhe' in the 1811 catalogue of Napoleonshöhe...

(2001)  Page(s) 204, pl. 82.  Includes photo(s).
 
Rose Belle sans Flatterie
'Belle sans Flatterie' is an old gallica variety which is still sold today. It is attributed to the breeder Godefroy in 1820. This date clearly shows how dubious this information is. It may be that Godefroy reintroduced it in 1820 under the old name.
The rose sis in various lists. According to Gravereaux, it was also in Malmaison and he planted it again at l?haÿ-les-Roses too, where it can still be found today. It is also found in Sangerhausen and Wilhelmshöhe.

(2001)  Page(s) Pl. 62, p. 200.  Includes photo(s).
 
Rosa Vix Spinosa In the Wilhelmshöhe catalogue, this rose is listed as "with few thorns"; Schelhase also has a rose of this name for sale in 1808 and 1825. Nickels lists a R. alba 'Camellia' alias 'Alba vix spinosa' with the colour milk-white, slightly full, yellowish-green, almost thornless twigs. The picture suggests it may be an almost thornless alba.

(2001)  Page(s) 196, plate 44.  Includes photo(s).
 
Rose Centifolie de Hesse
This seedling from Weissenstein is still in the 1851 Wilhelmshöhe catalogue...

(2001)  Page(s) 196, plate 47.  Includes photo(s).
 
Rosa Centifolie von Carlsruhe

(2001)  Page(s) 194, plate 37.  Includes photo(s).
 
Rose Delectante
This rose is still listed in the 1851 Wilhelmshöhe catalogue. Schelhas too gives it in 1808, 1825 and 1831 as R. gallica with the additional epithet, 'Die Ergötzende' (the Delightful).
In the "Dictionnaire des Roses" by Singer 1885, it is given as R. damascena by Vibert with a description corresponding to this Picture. Simon/Cochet 1906 no longer lists the name.

(2001)  Page(s) 92.  
 
Quarter 12: Gallica- and Damask-Roses...462 R.x francofurtana found by Ms. Nissen. Form of the Top-Rose with almost no prickles. G. St. Thomas designates it as the form R. x francofurtana agatha. We believe it to be identical with R. suionum in Quarter 10 Nr. 418.