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'Queen of the Bourbons' rose References
Book  (1978)  Page(s) 187.  
 
Bourbon Queen  Tall. Pink. Remontant. -  P3. H2. *
The rose we know under this name is a cheerful bright pink bush, which proved so hardy that it is a common survivor from plantations otherwise long forgotten.  The flowers are double, the outer petals slightly deeper in colour than the inner, which tend to crinkle.  The leaves are dark green, unobtrusive.  It seems that a number of names were used, 'Bourbon Queen', 'Queen of Bourbons', 'Reine des Iles Bourbon', and 'Souvenir de la Princesse de Lamballe' being some; and we cannot be sure they all applied to the same rose...
To return to 'Bourbon Queen', if we have the right variety, it came from Mauget of Orleans in 1834 or 1835. 
Book  (1968)  Page(s) 140.  
 
Gordon Edwards. Autumn Colour in the Rose Garden. ...the interesting pear shape [hips] produced by the variegated blooms of 'Bourbon Queen'.
Book  (1966)  Page(s) 101.  
 
'Bourbon Queen' .....We grow our plant imported from England, with other shrubs on a sunny bank; but it does grow in some early gardens here, as we have since discovered. This rose has medium-sized, circular, slightly cupped, open blooms of a rose-carmine, that assume a lilac flush and faint veining as they age.
Book  (1965)  Page(s) 52.  
 
Nancy Steen. Old Roses in New Zealand a Hundred Years Ago. Mr. G. S. Thomas, of England, is doubtful whether the 'Bourbon Queen' listed today is the one which was bred from 'Rose Edward', the original Bourbon discovered in Mauritius in 1817. 'Bourbon Queen' was supposed to have been perpetual-flowering, but the rose sent out to us was not - until this freakish year when many summer-flowering roses produced an unusual burst of autumn bloom. This rose has come to us from several country districts and has leathery foliage - deeply serrated - and loosely cupped blooms of rosy-lilac, some of the petals showing an odd white stripe. The hips are particularly large and striking.
Book  (1936)  Page(s) 81.  
 
Bourbon Queen Cupped, pink, fragrant and continuously in flower. Pedicel and hip smooth. Calyx edged glands, well apart, thin wings. Leaf tea like, a little glaucous and held flat. Makes a good hedge.
Book  (1936)  Page(s) 99.  
 
Bourbon, Reine des l'Iles (bourbon) Bréon-Mauger 1835; salmon-coloured carmine-pink to yellowish flesh-white, medium to large, 3/4-full, cluster-flowered, fragrance 6/10, floriferous, bloom branches short, red-brown short thick prickles, rounded foliage, growth 7/10. Sangerhausen
Book  (1936)  Page(s) 661.  
 
Shakespeare (bourbon) in England ? ; carmine, large, double, fragrance 5/10, floriferous, July-August, climbing habit. = Bourbon Queen. Old hedge-rose.
Book  (1936)  Page(s) 99.  
 
Bourbon Queen = Shakespeare
Book  (1936)  Page(s) 591.  
 
Queen (Bourbon) Paul ca. 1900; pink, shaded darker, large, double.
Website/Catalog  (1913)  Page(s) 81.  
 
Bourbon Roses.
Bourbon Queen
The large blossoms of bright crimson, with petals marked with pure white along their edges, make Bourbon Queen Rose distinctive. The flowers are sweetly scented and are borne throughout a long season. The plant is of vigorous growth, and is splendid for planting for hedges. Satisfactory in all respects, where a strong and sturdy specimen is desired.
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