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Book  (2012)  Page(s) 38.  
 
Rose mousseuse
3e Série
(R. Mousse Carnée Angl.
(R. Mousse Couleur de chair
(R. Mousse Vilmorin de q.q. amateurs

[brackets denote synonymity]
Book  (3 Jan 2001)  Page(s) 71.  
 
Vilmorin grafted, produced flesh-colored, pink, and indeed variegated roses on the same speciment, a certain indication that it will soon return to being the [common] Centifolia.
Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 57.  
 
Blush Moss Moss, blush, center pinkish when first open, Prior to 1844. Description.
Book  (1971)  Page(s) 120.  
 
"Notes on the Origin of the Moss Rose", C.C. Hurst:
Old Moss Rose, 1696 (Ducastel, 1746) --> White Moss, 1788 (Shailer, 1852) --> Blush Moss, 1789 (Shailer, 1852) --> Shailer's White Moss, 1790 (Shailer, 1852) --> Striped Moss, 1845 (Banbury, 1845) ; Cabbage Rose, 1865 (Caspary, 1865) ; Striped Moss, 1865 (Caspary, 1865)
Book  (1936)  Page(s) 496, 737.  
 
p. 496: Mousseuse à couleur de chair (moss) Redouté & Thory 1820; flesh-coloured

p. 737: Vilmorin (moss) Vilmorin 1823; light pink, center darker, medium to large, double, flat, growth 7/10.
Book  (1912)  Page(s) 46.  
 
Catalogue des Roses exposées
4. Mousseuse Couleur de Chair.—Cent Feuilles.
Décrite et figurée par Redouté, cette fleur magnifique a été gravée dans les ouvrages de Miss Lawrance, Roessig et Andrews.
Book  (1906)  Page(s) 41.  
 
2.672. Couleur de chair, Centifolia, rose pâle
Book  (1902)  Page(s) 101.  
 
[Among the roses grown at L'Haÿ in 1902] Race des Rosiers de Provins [Gallica] No. 2966 (Hooker) blanc et rose
Book  (1899)  Page(s) 178.  
 
Vilmorin, centifolia muscosa, Vilmorin, 1823, carné, dans les Roses de Prévost
Vilmorin, centifolia, Prevost, carné
Book  (1880)  Page(s) Annex, p. 133.  
 
moss, gallica, Vilmorin, Blush, Carnée, beautiful light pink, center darker while expanding, large, full, flat cup form, magnificent foliage, very beautiful.
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