Book  (1993)  Page(s) 31.  Includes photo(s).
 
Rose de Meaux (Rosa centifolia pomponiana) Centifolia. Illustrated by Sweet in 1789. Description.

Book  (1971)  Page(s) 120.  
 
"Notes on the Origin of the Moss Rose", C.C. Hurst:
Cabbage Rose --> Rose de Meaux, 1637 (Willmott 1912) --> Spong Rose, 1805 (Andrews, 1805) --> Rose de Meaux, 1810 (Andrews, 1810) ; Cabbage Rose, 1810 (Andrews, 1810)

Book  (1971)  Page(s) 113.  
 
"Notes on the Origin of the Moss Rose", C.C. Hurst:
The Rose de Meaux is a miniature Cabbage Rose which differs from the Old Cabbage Rose only in the smaller size of all its parts. ...in Redouté...under the name of Rosa pomponia or Rosier Pompon...Miss Willmott (1912) suggests with good reason that it may have come from the garden of Doménique Séguier, Bishop of Meaux (1637), who was a great cultivator of Roses in his day. In any case...there can be little doubt that it riginated from the Old Cabbage Rose and probably as a bud-variation. Aiton (1789) mentions two 'Rose de Meaux' as varieties of R. provincialis Mill. ....viz....the 'Small Dwarf Rose'. which is clearly the 'Rose de Meaux'. Both these forms are figured by Miss Lawrance (1799) under tt. 31 and 50 respectively.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 572.  
 
Pompon (Pompon-centifolia) ? ? ; deep pink, very small, double, globular, firm.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 445.  
 
Mai, Petite Rose de (Pompon-centifolia) ? ? ; pink, small, free-blooming, Several synonms.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 100.  
 
de Bourgogne, Pompon rose (Pompon-centifolia) ? 1691; light pink; = Pomp. de Mai.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 588.  
 
Pulchella (Pompon-centifolia) ? ? ; vivid light pink, very small, double, flat, solitary or in pairs, long shoots, growth 7/10, climbing. = Divionensis, Champagner- or Dijonröschen.

Magazine  (1922)  
 
The Rose de Meaux is a miniature Cabbage Rose which differs from the Old Cabbage Rose only in the smaller size of all its parts. There is a good coloured drawing of this Rose in Redouté (1817) under the name of Rosa Pomponia or Rosier Pompon. This rose is an old inhabitant of French gardens, but its precise origin is not known. Miss Willmott (1912) suggests with good reason that it may have come from the garden of Dominique Seguier, Bishop of Meaux (1637), who was a great cultivator of Roses in his day. In any case, wherever it arose, there can be little doubt that it originated from the Old Cabbage rose and probably as a bud-variation. Aiton (1789) mentions two 'Rose de Meaux' as varieties of R. provincilais Mill. (i.e. R. centifolia L.), viz. 'the Great dwarf Rose', which is no doubt the Spong Rose (R. provincialis hybrida) of Andrews (1805), a half-dwarf; and the 'Small Dwarf Rose', which is clearly the 'Rose de Meaux'. Both these forms are figured by Miss Larance (1799) under tt. 31 and 50 respectively.

Book  (1910)  Page(s) 241, 245.  
 
Page 241: De Meaux ('Pompon') The Miniature Provence, or Pompon Rose. Flowers light rose, very small and full; form compact...
Page 245: Pompon ('De Meaux') Moss. Flowers blush; their centres pale pink, small and full; form cupped. Habit dwarf. A very pretty and interesting Rose of delicate growth. Found growing in a garden at Taunton, in Somersetshire, about sixty years ago. Prune closely.

Book  (1909)  Page(s) 45-46.  Includes photo(s).