'Comtesse de Noé' rose References
Book (1936) Page(s) 514. de Noë, Comtesse (mossy centifolia) Portemer 1846; bright purple-crimson to deep lilac, medium size, very double, in clusters of 15-20, repeats, olive-coloured moss, growth 7/10.
Book (1899) Page(s) 41. Comtesse de Noë, centifolia muscosa, Portemer, pourpre lilacé
Book (1880) Page(s) Annex, p. 33. centifolia muscosa. Comtessê de Noë (from Gentilly, 1846), brilliant carmine with purple, passing to lilac, medium size, globular, in clusters of 15-20, glossy dark green foliage.
Book (1860) Page(s) 124. The Moss Rose...Comtesse de Noë, medium size, full, brilliant crimson, shaded with purple, upright Clusters. *vigorous growth, tolerates only moderate pruning.
Magazine (1848) Page(s) 33. In Moss Roses Parmentier's Comtesse de Noe will, most likely, be a great favourite, combining, as it does, novelty with beauty. It is of a fine scarlet, changing to deep lilac, as the flowers age. It bears large trusses of blooms, and the moss is of a singular and deep brown.
Book (1848) Page(s) Div. II, p. 35. Comtesse de Noé Flowers brilliant crimson and purple, changing to deep lilac before shedding their petals, of medium size; form, perfect; flowers produced in clusters consisting of fifteen or twenty blossoms each. Growth, vigorous; foliage of a dark green, shining.Raised at Gentilly. Introduced in 1846.
Book (Jul 1847) Page(s) 208. Visite à quelques roseraies. Cent-feuilles Mousseuses. Comtesse de Noé (Portemer), dont la fleur, d'une belle facture, est d'un coloris carmin foncé vif.
Website/Catalog (1847) Page(s) 74. Rosiers de divers correspondants. Ne connaissant les fleurs d'aucun de ces Rosiers, les descriptions qui les accompagnent sont extraites de celles de nos correspondants. Cent-feuilles Mousseuse. Comtesse de Noé (Portemer), fleur pleine, bien faite, cramoisi éclatant...12 fr.
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