'Marquise Litta' rose References
Book (Apr 1993) Page(s) 362. Marquise Litta de Bréteuil Hybrid Tea, medium red, 1893, Pernet-Ducher. Flowers red.
Book (1936) Page(s) 424. Litta de Breteuil, Marquise (HT) Pernet-Ducher 1893; carmine-pink, center bright vermillion, very large, very double, globular to flat cup form, fine form, solitary or up to 3, fragrance 7/10, floriferous, repeats well, free-blooming, thick ovoid buds, long strong stems, dainty foliage, growth 7/10, well-branched, broad. Sangerhausen
Book (1918) Page(s) 69. H. R. Darlington: A Study of Form in the Rose Marquise Litta, a fine exhibition form, from Lady Mary Fitzwilliam x Eugene Fürst, came in 1893.
Magazine (1915) Page(s) 76. " Mr. Pernet-Ducher, regarding his variety Marquise Litta. Shortly after its commercial release, Mr. Pernet-Ducher sought to complete its name and sent a circular to all buyers stating that the variety should be called Marquise Litta de Breteuil. The correction had little effect: the rose is still widely known as Marquise Litta in many nurseries. " Translated from French.
Website/Catalog (1914) Page(s) 24. Hybrid Tea Roses. Marquise Litta, J. Pernet-Ducher, 1894, moderate growth. Carmine-rose, large, full, cupped; first-rate.
Magazine (22 Jul 1911) Page(s) 350. The Parentage of Roses. The following list of the world's Roses and their parentage has been compiled by Mr. Robert Daniel, 38 Russell Road. Fishponds, Bristol, and by his kind permission we are enabled to publish it... Marquise Litta... Hybrid Tea, P. Ducher, 1893, Lady M. Fitzwilliam X Eugène Fürst
Magazine (7 Jan 1911) Page(s) 11. Answers to Correspondents. Roses for August and September flowering — The following varieties are all sweetly fragrant and suitable to plant in your country cottage garden, where they would yield a fine display of bloom during the months of August and September: Climbers — Zepherin Drouhin, Hugh Dickson, Pink Rover, Grüss an Teplitz, Reine Marie Henriette, Noella Nabonnand, Sarah Bernhardt, J. B. Clark, Gloire de Dijon, Mme. Alfred Carrière, M. Desir and Johanna Sebus. Dwarf — Mrs. John Laing, Dupuy Jamain, General Jacqueminot, Mme. Victor Verdier, Dr. Andry, Mme. Abel Chatenay, General Macarthur, Mme. Isaac Pereire, Augustine Guinoisseau, Gustav Grunerwald, Mme. Jules Grolez, Pharisaer, Ulrich Brunner, Fisher Holmes, Louis van Houtte, Ella Gordon, Captain Hayward, Mme. Ravary, Dr. O'Donel Browne, Beauté Inconstante, La France, Laurent Carle, Marquise Litta, Richmond and Viscountess Folkestone.
Book (1910) Page(s) 330. Marquise Litta [Hybrid Tea]; flowers carmine-rose, vermilion centre, large, full, and cupped; growth fairly vigorous. A fine show Rose, also valuable for massing.
Magazine (Nov 1909) Page(s) 429. Association horticole lyonnaise Procès-verbal de l’Assemblée générale du dimanche 17 octobre 1909.... Examen des apports. — Sont déposés sur les tables les produits suivants : ....— Par M. Laperrière fils, rosiériste, à Champagne au Mont-d’Or (Rhône) : 1° une collection de 25 variétés de Roses de toutes séries : les plus remarquables sont : Victor Hugo, Jean Cherpin, Louis Van Houtte, Duchesse de Morny, Hybrides de thé; Billard et Barré, Michel Buchner, Marquise Litta de Breteuil, Américan Beauty, Bengales; Louis Chabrier, etc. A M. Laperrière fils .... pour ses Roses en mélange, prime de 2e classe.
Magazine (Apr 1909) Page(s) 623. Includes photo(s). "Some Beautiful Roses You Can Have" by Leonard Barron Marquise Litta, both in size and coloring, seems as though it should belong here, but it is a Hybrid Tea. If you will eliminate the coloring, you will find it to be a rose of great merit. Bright and glossy, large almost to coarseness, it is indeed a striking flower -- but give it a chance to grow in comparative solitude.
|