'Purpurea' rose References
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Book (2005) Page(s) 20. location C:118/5, Belle Sultane, Holland ca. 1800, hybrid alpina, dark purple-violet-red, medium size, double, tall
Book (Apr 1999) Page(s) 274, 558. Page 274: Maheca ('Bengale Hollandaise', 'Dutch Bengal', 'Hollandaise', 'L'Héritier Pourpre', 'Maheca of Bengal', 'Purple Noisette', 'Purpurea', 'Reversa Pourpre', 'Reverse Purpurina'.) Boursault. Noisette ca. 1815. The author cites information from different sources... Purple crimson flowers... A climbing Chinese hybrid, which grows vigorously and blooms early and profusely... a fine violet purple hue... Page 558: Maheca Boursault. Louis Claude Noisette ca. 1815
Book (Jul 1998) Page(s) 89. Complication supplémentaire: on peut observer à la Roseraie de Sangerhausen, un rosier appelé "La belle sultane", classé en gallique, qui n'a strictement rien à voir avec une quelconque forme de "Violacea". Il s'agit d'un arbuste d'environ 1,60 m de haut, très peu gallique d'apparence, qui donne de petites fleurs doubles, assez plates, de couleur rose. Ce rosier reste d'autant plus une énigme qu'on le retrouve à Mottisfont Abbey, en Angleterre, sous le nom de "Sultane favorite".
Book (1990) Page(s) 67. ('Belle Sultane') (1800) Griffiths lists it under Boursault Roses. Griffiths saw it at Sangerhausen Rose Garden. It has purplish-violet blooms, large, double, tall growing.
Book (1976) Page(s) 19. location 118/5, Belle Sultane (in Holland ca. 1800), Alpina, purple-violet, medium size, double, tall = Maheca.
Website/Catalog (1962) Page(s) 17, 82. p. 17: location 118, Belle Sultane, (in Holland ca 1800) Alpina = Maheca.
p. 82: location 118, Maheca (Noisette ca. 1815) Alpina = Belle Sultane
Book (1936) Page(s) 349. Hollandaise, Bengale (Alpina) ? ? ; purple, shaded violet. = Maheca.
Book (1936) Page(s) 341. Héritier, L (alpina) Desportes ? ; violet-purple = Maheca
Book (1936) Page(s) 444. Maheca (hybrid alpina) Noisette ca. 1815; purple-crimson, shaded light violet, light purple and purple-pink when expanding, medium size, double, cup form, cluster-flowered, floriferous. = Reversa pourpre Vibert; L'Héritier pourpre Desportes.
Book (1936) Page(s) 477. Michigan or Detroit (setigera) ? before 1848; glossy pink, varies, single, climbing habit.
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