Book  (Apr 1999)  Page(s) 506.  
 
Caprice des Dames Translation: "Whimsy of the Ladies". Lawrencia. Miellez pre-1831. The author cites information from different sources... Purple... Deep pink... Vivid rose...

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 126.  
 
Caprice des Dames (Lawrenceana) Miellez ca. 1860; vivid lilac-pink, small, flat.

Book  (1899)  Page(s) 31.  
 
Caprice des Dames, Lawrenciana, Miellez, rose vif

Book  (1858)  Page(s) 249.  
 
Rosa indica Lawrenceanna ... Caprice des Dames, vivid pink
The Lady's Whim = Caprice des Dames, small, reddish purple, stems 5-6" tall

Book  (1854)  Page(s) 264.  
 
....Caprice dès dames ....

Book  (1847)  Page(s) 255.  
 
China. Caprice des Dames is a very beautiful little miniature rose, formerly classed with others of the same character, under the name of Rosa Lawrenceana. Its foliage is beautiful and delicate, and its very small, fairy flowers are of abright rose color. For window culture these little miniature roses are very beautiful.

Book  (1842)  Page(s) 277.  
 
R. ind. lawrenceana....Varieties...the Lady's Whim (Caprice des Dames), small, reddish purple, stems 5-6" tall

Book  (1838)  Page(s) 379.  
 
Lawrance Roses ...Caprice des Dames. The Lady's Whim.
Stems, five or six inches high.
Leaflets, oval-lanceolated, glaucous on the under surface, with sharp toothing.
Flowers, of a red-purple; the size of the common Larance.

Book  (1836)  Page(s) 311.  
 
Les Rosiers de Lawrence...Caprice des Dames; Miellez. Tiges de cinq à six pouces de hauteur; folioles ovales lancéolées, glauques en dessous, à dentures aiguës; fleurs de la grandeur du laurencéana ordinaire, mais d'un rouge pourpré.

Book  (1830)  Page(s) lviij.  
 
Roses obtenues par plusieurs cultivateurs de Paris et de ses environs, par M. Hardy. (Journ. Soc. agro. prat. t. 1, p. 6.)
Caprice des dames: [same text as in Revue horticole April 1829]