Magazine  (Dec 2021)  Page(s) 32. Vol 43, No. 4.  
 
Lynne Chapman and Billy West.  A Close Look at Tea Roses.
Another climber that is not a Tea has been sold for many years as the Tea, Monsieur Tillier, 1891. It was sourced by Graham Stuart Thomas from a Paris garden, probably the Roseraie de l’Haÿ, as Monsieur Tillier. It was marketed by L. Arthur Wyatt in the early 70s through his English nursery and later sold by the Peter Beales Nursery, again as Monsieur Tillier. Now the Tea rose Monsieur Tillier is a shrub and unlike some Teas it does not have a climbing sport; but a thornless rose widely sold under this name is most definitely a climber and it is in our book under the study name “Monsieur Tillier ex Beales”. Ongoing research has shown that this rose is in fact the Climbing Hybrid Tea Marie Nabonnand, before 1938. We know this name is correct, even to the extent of having confirmation from members of the Nabonnand family who still grow the original rose. 

Magazine  (Dec 2020)  Page(s) 29. Vol 42, No. 4.  
 
Billy West.  Some Favourite Fragrant Roses. 
Marie Nabonnand (Nabonnand, 1938), the near-thornless red climbing rose once sold as “Beales’ Monsieur Tillier”, has a delicious old rose scent like its parent.

Magazine  (Mar 2019)  Page(s) 49. Vol 41, No. 1.  
 
Margaret Furness.  Tea, Noisette and China Mislabels in Australia. 
M. Tillier is usually correct, but Marie Nabonnand may still be sold under that name.

Newsletter  (Apr 2014)  Page(s) 20.  
 
Beales Monsieur Tillier originated from one of the major gardens, and has since been re-identied as Marie Nabonnand from a plant in L’Hay. This is probably correct, but there is always a chance that this rose too was mislabelled.

Article (newspaper)  (Aug 2009)  Includes photo(s).
 
Patricia Routley: Following on last month’s column where I talked about ‘G. Nabonnand’, bred by Gilbert Nabonnand, I am all fired up to tell you of another Nabonnand rose, Marie Nabonnand’ bred by Gilbert’s son, Clement. This is another rose which losts its name for a few decades and it was first noticed by Graham Stuart Thomas growing in a Paris garden. Mr. Thomas, knowing it was not like anything he had seen before, passed propagating material to Arthur Wyatt, in England, who was collecting old roses at that time. Mr. Wyatt then published a good colour picture of this rose in The Rose Annual,UK in 1975 under the name of ‘Monsieur Tillier’ which he thought it was, and it was eventually introduced back into commerce by Peter Beales. People could see that the rose did not seem a true tea rose, and so to distinguish this plant, it became known as “Peter Beales Monsieur Tillier”. Ross Roses in SA imported a plant, which was then grown on by David Ruston, who supplies budwood to nurseries like Natalee Kuser’s Aunt Myrtles Garden in Bridgetown, which is where mine came from. It is a long journey from that Paris garden to our garden in Northcliffe but the rose has lost not one ounce of its vigour. There is so much to tell you about this rose that I could fill two columns, but I must condense, lest I get the sack. It was bred by Clement Nabonnand sometime before 1938 from ‘Wasily Chludoff’ (don’t ask me!) 1896 x ‘General MacArthur Climbing’ 1923 (and the fragrance has obviously been inherited from this pollen parent.) It was named ‘Phillipe Petain’ after Clement’s friend Marechal Petain. Unfortunately the Marechal was old and a little senile by 1941 and had collaborated with the Germans and was a traitor to France. So towards the end of the war, Clement renamed the rose after his second wife ‘Marie Nabonnand’, although he never advertised it under that name in his catalogues. Clement died in 1949. “Peter Beales Monsieur Tillier” is the name under which it came to me. Rosarians around the world have now confirmed that the rose is in fact ‘Marie Nabonnand’ and it is under this name that the rose now resides in our garden. I’ve planted it at the base of a flowering crab apple Malus spectabilis at the south of the house. The rose climbs through the tree seeking the warmth of the northern side and peeps through the windows. It is a glorious sight in spring when they both flower together. The rose then flowers spasmodically right through summer, and on hot days when we retreat to the dining room for lunch on the cooler south side of the house, the rose always seems to be blooming. ‘Marie Nabonnand’ is a fairly thornless climbing hybrid tea with a pliable and graceful stance. It has medium-sized carmine-red double flowers, with a sweet damask fragrance. We love it.

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 446.  
 
Philippe Pétain
Hybrid Tea
[no Parentage given]
C. Nabonnand, 1940
... Flowers velvety carmine with coppery reflections, not turning blue [dp]... slightly fragrant

Website/Catalog  (1982)  Page(s) 27.  
 
Mons. Tillier (Tea) This is a good but little known Tea, better endowed with foliage than many teas.  Reminiscent of the more refined ‘Gruss an Teplitz’. Blood red, with violet markings. 1891. (R) 5 x 4’.

Website/Catalog  (1960)  Page(s) 28.  
 
PHILIPPE PETAIN (Nabonnand 1941). Rouge profond en forme de coupe.  RT [Rosiers Grimpants susceptibles de remonter]. 

Magazine  (Jun 1951)  Page(s) 2. trimester, p. 59.  
 
[From the article "Le Rosier sur la Côte d'Azur", by Joseph Baccialone, Ingénieur Horticole, Chef de Service des Jardins de la Ville d'Antibes, pp. 46-59]
Rosiers sarmenteux: Le climat du Midi est particulièrement favorable à certaines races très vigoureuses qui peuvent couvrir de grands espaces. Nous citerons parmi les plus intéressants :  ....  Hybrides de thé : — Marie Nabonnand, rouge, à conseiller.

Website/Catalog  (1946)  Page(s) 33.  
 
PHILIPPE PETAIN (Nabonnand 1941). Fleur rouge profond en forme de large coupe.