Book  (Apr 1999)  Page(s) 87.  
 
Fatime Descemet /Vibert, 1820. Fatime, alias Fatima, lived A.D. 606-632; daughter of Mohammed.....

"Blossoms very full, very graceful, and beautiful pink." [J-As/55]
(Premier Supplement, Le Jardinier-Amateur, edited by Eugene Pirolle, 1827)

"Of the usual size, rose color spotted." WRP
(Manual of Roses by William R. Prince, 1846)

"Flower medium-sized, double or very double, pink, spotted." [S]
(Dictionnaire des Roses by Max Singer, 1885)

"Given by Desportes as an obtention of Descemet's." [Gx]
(La Malmaison" Les Roses de l'Imperatrice Josephine by Jules Gravereaux, 1912)

Book  (Jul 1998)  Page(s) 62.  
 
Agathe Fatime Descemet, before 1815. Habit: 1,30 m to 1,50 m, upright, few prickles. Foliage: medium green, elliptical leaflets. Bloom: solitary, rarely in pairs, medium size, flat, double, quartered, small button eye. Colour: carmine in the centre, mauve veins on the periphery. Fragrance: mild.

Article (newsletter)  (1996)  Page(s) 45.  
 
Descemet was another great rose grower of the Empire period. His nursery was at St-Denis near Paris. In 1815 his nurseries were destroyed during the war and at that time he had imported or bred more than a hundred Gallicas -- in fact 109 are known. Only 15 of these remain -- this is one of them.

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 174.  
 
Fatime Gallica, pink, dotted and spotted both lighter and darker, 1829, Descemet.

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 21.  Includes photo(s).
 
Page 21: [Photo] at Malmaison near Paris with a reconstruction of Josephine's summer-house in the background. Agathe Fatima Gallica. Description.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 251.  
 
Fatime (Provins) Deschamps 1820; lacquer-pink, spotted poppy-red, medium size, double, in 3-5s.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 5.  
 
Agathe Fatime (Provins) Descemet 1820; pink

Magazine  (Jun 1934)  Page(s) 73.  
 
Le Jardin Botanique du Parc de la Tête d'Or possède, en outre des collections botaniques et médicinales d'environ 6.000 plantes....
Parmi les roses PROVINS (environ 150 variétés), on peut citer les plus anciennes ; Adèle Courtoise 1816, Baronne  de Stahel 1820, Duc de Bordeaux 1820, Fatine 1820, Assemblage de Beauté 1823, Phoebus 1837, Dona Sol 1842, Turenne 1842, Tricolore de Flandre 1846, Georges Vibert 1853, Alcine 1861, Belle des Jardins 1872, etc.

Book  (1912)  Page(s) 58.  
 
Catalogue des Roses exposées
55. Agathe Fatime.—Provins.
Donnée par Desportes comme une obtention de Descemet.

Book  (1906)  Page(s) 59.  
 
3.843. Fatime, Provins, Descemet 1820 rose ponctué