'D'Orsay Rose' References
Book (1966) Page(s) 210. Count d'Orsay, a distinguished man of letters and a Director of Fine Arts during the Third Empire, was a great dandy....He generally wore a rose in his buttonhole, his favourite one being Rose d'Amour, which came to beknown, also, as Count d'Orsay's Button-hole Rose.
Book (1951) Page(s) 230. ...the pink Buttonhole Rose, with its sharp little pointed buds, also called Rose d'Orsay because that famous dandy affected it in his coat. I have never been able to find this in any nurseryman's catalogue.
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