Book  (1838)  Page(s) 2641.  
 
Baumann's Priced Catalogue
chinensis Isle de Bourbon, rose pourpre brillant 3 Francs
chinensis Isle de Bourbon pâle 2 Francs

Book  (1837)  Page(s) 130.  
 
Rosiers de Bourbon ....
(Bourbon semi double, Ile bourbon
(Bourbon Cannia Borbonnia, Thory
(synonyms)

B. Rose Jacques, idem [Laffay]

Book  (1837)  Page(s) 67.  
 
Bourbon Roses most certainly show themselves to greater advantage on stems from one to three feet in height, than in any other mode of culture; if on their own roots, they are too near the ground, and the autumnal rains spoil their delicate blossoms, by dashing dirt upon them.

Book  (1837)  Page(s) 62-64.  
 
It is now, perhaps, about twelve years since a beautiful semi-double rose, with brilliant rose-coloured flowers, prominent buds, and nearly evergreen foliage, made its appearance in this country, under the name of the "L'Ile de Bourbon Rose", said to have been imported from the Mauritius to France, in 1822, by M. Noisette. It attracted attention by its peculiar habit, but more particularly by its abundant autumn flowering: still such was the lukewarmness of English rose amateurs, that no attempts were made to improve this pretty imperfect rose by raising seedlings from it, though it bore seed in large quantities. This pleasing task has been left to our rose-loving neighbours the French, who have been very industrious, and as a matter of course, have originated some very beautiful and striking varieties, and also, as usual in such cases, have given us rather too many distinct and fine-sounnding names attached to flowers without distinctive characters. In a little time we shall be able to rectify this very common floricultural error. Many fables have been told by the French respecting the origin of this rose. The most generally received version of one of these is, that a French naval officer was requested by the widow of a Monsieur Edouard, residing in the island, to find, on his voyage to India, some rare rose, and that, on his return to L'Ile de Bourbon, he brought with him this rose, which she planted on her husband's grave: it was then called Rose Edouard, and sent to France as "Rose de L'Ile de Bourbon." This is pretty enough, but entirely devoid of truth. Monsieur Bréon, a French botanist, and now a seedsman in Paris, gives the following account for the truth of which he vouches:- "At the Isle of Bourbon, the inhabitants generally enclose their land with hedges made of two rows of roses, one row of the Common China Rose, the other of the Red Four Seasons. Monsieur Perichon, a proprietor of Saint Benoist, in the isle, in planting one of these hedges, found amongst his young plants one very different from the others in its shoots and foliage. This induced him to plant it in his garden. It flowered the following year; and, as he anticipated, proved to be of quite a new race, and differing much from the above two roses, which, at the time, were the only sorts known in the island." Monsieur Bréon arrived at Bourbon, in 1817, as botanical traveller for the government of France, and curator of the Botanical and Naturalization Garden there. He propagated this rose very largely; and sent plants and seeds of it, in 1822, to Monsieur Jacques (whence the name often given to the common Bourbon rose of "Bourbon Jacques") , gardener at the Château de Neuilly, near Paris, who distributed them among the rose cultivators of France. M. Bréon named it "Rose de l'ile de Bourbon;" and is convinced that it is a hybrid from one of the above roses, and a native of the island.

Book  (1836)  Page(s) 291.  
 
Les rosieres de Bourbon (rosa canina burboniana; Thory.)

Ces arbrisseaux diffèrent des rosiers du Bengale par leurs rameaux un peu flexueux, glanduleux et plus aiguillonnés, ainsi que les pétioles; leurs feuilles sont plus rapprochées, souvent composées de sept folioles lisses, peu ou point luisantes, larges et ordinairement cordiformes à la base, un peu échancrées, plus profondément et plus aigument dentées ; les pédoncules toujours simples, jamais en corymbes, ont davantage de poils glanduleux; les sépales sont moins réfléchies lors de la floraison, plus glanduleuses;le disque est plan, ordinairement étroit.
Ces rosiers sont d'une couleur plus constante que les bengales.

Rosier de l'Ile-Bourbon; rose Edward. (Rosa canina burboniana, Thory.) Arbrisseau à rameaux longs et divergens, à aiguillons très crochus, glanduleux à la base; folioles larges , ovales, cordiformes â la base ; tube du calice ovale-oblong, glauque et glabre au sommet ; fleurs moyennés, en coupes, semi-doubles ou doubles, d'un rose brillant et foncé.

Book  (1833)  Page(s) 49.  
 
Rosa.
2720. Borboniana.—Jacques.

Website/Catalog  (1831)  Page(s) 45.  
 
Roses de l'Ile de Bourbon.
589 Rose de l'Ile-Bourbon 2 fr. [dia.] ´[pouces] Rose foncé.

Book  (1829)  Page(s) 204-205.  
 
ROSA BORBONIANA, Desportes. – R. CANINA BURBONIANA, Thory. – ROSIER DE BOURBON. Rameaux un peu flexueux, armés d’aiguillons crochus, entremelès de glandes et de quelques soies dans toute la longueur des rameaux ou à leur base seulement. Feuilles à 5 ou à 7 folioles. Pètiole très-armé, couvert de glandes. Folioles ovales, aiguës, lisses en-dessus, pales en-dessous, glabres excepté sons la nervure principal dont la base est ordinairement parcemée d’aiguillons, de soies et de glandes. Serrature très-aiguë. Péduncoles hèrissès de poils glanduleux, réunis par 3 à 8. Ovaire oval ou claviforme, glabre ou couvert des glandes pédicellés. Sépales couvertes de glandes et d’aspèrités, toutes terminée par une petite foliole linéaire-lancéolée, incise; 3 d’entre elles portent quelques appendices latéraux: elles sont moins réfléchies que dans les Semper Florens. Styles nombreux, saillants, libres, velus ou soyeux. Fruit oval, ovoïde ou pyriforme.
Ce rosier, ainsi que ses variétés, commence à fleurir en juin, et continue sans interruption pendant toute la belle saison. Il se distinguee de l’espèce Semper Florens, avec laquelle il a le plus de rapports, par les caractères suivants: Rameaux un peu flexueux, plus armés, glanduleux. Mérithalles ordinairement plus courts. Pétiole plus armé et plus glanduleux. Feuilles plus rapprochées. Folioles souvent au nombre de 7, lisses, mais peu ou point luisantes, large à leur base, qui est ordinairement cordiforme, un peu échancrée. Serrature plus profonde et plus aiguë. Pédoncules toujours simples, plus charges de poils glanduleux, jamais en corymbes multiflores. Sépale constamment et plus couvertes de glandes et d’aspérités, moins réfléchies lors de la floraison. Corolle beaucoup plus constante dans sa couleur. Disque plane, ordinairement étroit. Première floraison de chaque année en juin.
Grace au petit nombre de variétés don’t se compose cette espèce, elle est encore bien caractérisée.

Translation:
Branches slightly flexuous, armed with hooked prickles, intersped with glands and a few bristles along the entire length of the branch or at their base only. Foliage with 5 or 7 leaflets. Petioles strongly armed, covered with glands. Leaflets ovate, acute, smooth above, pale beneath, glabrous except below the main midribb whose base is ordinarily studded with prickles, bristles and glands. Very acute serrature. Peduncles covered with glandulous hairs, in groups of 3 to 8. Ovary oval or club-shaped, glabrous or covered stalked glands. Sepals covered with glands or bumps, all terminating in a small linear-lanceolate leaflet, incised: 3 of them having some lateral appendages; these are less reflexed than in Semper Florens. Numerous styles, saliant, free, hairy or silky. Fruit oval, ovoid or pyriform.
This rose, as well as its varieties, starts blooming in June and continues without interruption throughout the season. It is distinguished from the species Semper Florens with which it has many similarities, by the following characteristics: Branches slightly flexuous, more prickly, glandular. Internodes usually shorter. Petioles more prickly and more glandular. Leaflets closer together. Leaflets often 7 in number, smooth, but not or very little glossy, large at their base, which is usually cordiform, slightly indented. Serrature deeper and more acute. Peduncles always single, more covered with glandular hairs, never in multifloral clusters. Sepals constantly and more covered with glands and bumps, less reflexed during blooming.The corolla much more constant in colour. The disk flat, usually narrow. First bloom each year in June.
Due to the few varieties this species consists of, it is still well characterised.

Book  (1828)  Page(s) 106.  
 
Rosier de Bourbon.- Rosa Borboniana. Noisette. R. canina, Burboniana Th. in Red. Ros.3. p. 105.ic.
2425 Rosier de Bourbon semi-double.- R. de l'ile de Bourbon.- semiplena. Noisette.- R. canina, Burboniana. Th. l.c. (Ile de Bourbon). Fl. rose-vif.

Website/Catalog  (1826)  Page(s) 68.  
 
ROSA sinensis....Hybrides.
de l'île de Bourbon.
de l'île de Bourbon Bréan.
de l'île de Bourbon Jacques.