Book  (1997)  Page(s) 143.  
 
Early 19th century. Description and vital statistics. One of the nicest of the Gallicas. Flowers exquisitely formed, magenta-purple with softer highlights in the centre...

Website/Catalog  (1997)  Page(s) 14.  
 
'Hippolyte'. Small to medium sized blooms of deep carmine-violet, sometimes with grey markings. An almost thornless and shapely bush. Tall.

Article (newsletter)  (1997)  Page(s) 44.  
 
One of a number of old French Gallica roses from the 180ss which were considered nearly thornless

Book  (Sep 1996)  
 
p70. Sonoma Mountain Road, Santa Rosa, California [garden] ....is achieved with Gallicas such as 'Hippolyte' and....

p111. Le Batiment. Thire Ste Hermine, France [garden]. ....not just climbers and ramblers, but several Gallicas which have grown very much taller than normal in this agreeable position. Among these I spotted the very ancient 'Hippolyte', a beautiful, graceful purple Gallica, and the similarly coloured 'Cardinal de Richelieu....

Book  (1995)  Page(s) 67.  Includes photo(s).
 
Hippolyte ('Souvenir de Kean'). Early 1800s. Clusters of fragrant double flowers of deep wine red, dusted with deeper purplish shading. Color is more intense when 'Hippolyte' is grown in a semi-shaded location. At first the blooms are globular then petals reflex around the button eyes. Arching, somewhat procument growth (to 5 feet) and nearly thornless canes. Origin of this attractive rose is lost in the mists of history. Kean was a well-known English actor; from classical mythology. Hippolyte was an Amazon queen.

Book  (Nov 1994)  Page(s) 27, 33.  
 
Page 27: the influence of other roses than Gallica is found in 'Hippolyte'

Page 33: Hippolyte Gallica. 'Hippolyte'. A vigorous shrub, practically thornless, with neat small leaves, reaching some 5 or 6 feet. The long sprays bear beautiful flat little flowers, like rosettes, smooth-petalled, reflexing almost to a ball, with button eyes. An occasional cerise petal, or one of dove-grey, lights the many others, which are generally of soft violet. Not a typical gallica.

Book  (Sep 1993)  Page(s) 216.  Includes photo(s).
 
Tall for a Gallica. The flowers are among the most perfectly formed in soft violet shades and fragrant.

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 246.  
 
Hippolyte Gallica, vivid carmine shaded violet...

Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 48.  Includes photo(s).
 
Hippolyte ('Souvenir de Kean') Gallica. Parentage: unknown. Origin unknown, but early nineteenth century. Description and cultivation... The clusters of magenta flowers with soft highlights are flat with a button eye...

Book  (1991)  Page(s) 43.  Includes photo(s).
 
'Hippolyte'. This is a gallica hybrid for which we have no date. Strangely it is almost prickle-less and in this way as in the shape and colour of the flowers Gallica ancestry is indicated. Reaching 5 or 6ft (1.5 or 1.8m) in height it is of graceful habit, bearing beautiful little flat flowers like rosettes, smooth petalled, reflexing into a ball, with 'button' eyes. An occasional cerise petal, or one of dove-grey, light the many others which are generally of soft rosy violet.