Book  (2020)  Page(s) 151.  
 
Erroneously named and unidentified rose varieties at the Europa-Rosarium.
Gallica...'Belle Galathée' (Descemet, before 815)

Book  (Apr 1999)  Page(s) 35.  
 
Belle Galathée Gallica. Descemet pre-1813. Translation "Beautiful Galatea". The author cites information from different sources... Flesh...

Book  (Jul 1998)  Page(s) 306.  
 
Belle Galathée Gallica. Descemet. Included in the collection of the Luxembourg Garden around 1852-1860.

Article (newsletter)  (1996)  Page(s) 45.  
 
Descemet was another great rose grower of the Empire period. His nursery was at St-Denis near Paris. In 1815 his nurseries were destroyed during the war and at that time he had imported or bred more than a hundred Gallicas -- in fact 109 are know. Only 15 of these remain -- this is one of them.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 286.  
 
Galatée, Belle (Provins) Descemet before 1810; flesh-white

Website/Catalog  (1831)  Page(s) 48.  
 
Roses de Provins et Hybrides.
748 Belle Galathée...Fleur moyenne, rose.

Website/Catalog  (1830)  Page(s) 14.  
 
ROSA gallica.
Fleurs pourpres.
—belle Galatée...1 50 fr.

Book  (1828)  Page(s) 772.  
 
Rosier de Provins ou gallique. Rosa gallica.
Conformément à la division par couleurs principales qu j'avais employée dans la nomenclature de 1818, je vais tâcher d'indiquer les plus remarquables de ces nombreuses variétés, et d'y joindre les nouveaux gains des cultiveurs.: 
1°. Les pourpres.
Belle Galatée. Semis de Descemet. Vibert. Godefroy.

Book  (1828)  Page(s) 43.  
 
Rosier de Provins.
783 —belle Galatée. (Descemet).

Website/Catalog  (1826)  Page(s) 60.  
 
ROSA gallica.
belle Galathée.