Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 311.  
 
Léontine Gervais Large-flowered Climber, salmon-orange and yellow, 1903, R. wichuraiana x 'Souv. de Catherine Guillot'; Barbier. Description.

Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 143-144.  Includes photo(s).
 
Léontine Gervais Wichuraiana rambler. Parentage: R. wichuraiana x 'Souvenir de Catherine Guillot'. France 1903. Description and cultivation... clusters of medium-sized, fully double, flat flowers, deep salmon with yellow, red and orange highlights...

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 123.  Includes photo(s).
 
 Léontine Gervais.   A large rambler.   Quite tolerant of shade once flowering.  Raised by Barbier in France, Launched 1903.  (Rosa wichuraiana x Souvenir de Catherine Guillot).   Summer flowering.  Height to 450 cm (15 ft).  Good Scent.

Book  (May 1992)  Page(s) 318.  
 
Léontine Gervais Barbier (France) 1903. R. wichuraiana x 'Souvenir de CLaudius Denoyel'... deep salmon with yellow, red and orange highlights... dark green, glossy foliage...

Book  (1992)  Page(s) 318.  
 
Léontine Gervais.  Barbier, France 1903.   R. wichuraiana x Souvenir de Claudius Denoyel.  Clusters of medium-sized, fully double, flat flowers opening rather muddled, deep salmon with yellow, red and orange highlights.  A semi-vigorous, pliable plant with ample, dark green glossy foliage.   Summer flowering.  Tolerant of poor soils.  Suitable for growing up into trees.   Suitable for Northerly aspect.   Tolerant to shade.  Suitable for growing adjacent to water.  Slightly fragrant.  15’x 10’   4.5 x 3m.

Book  (1988)  Page(s) 96.  Includes photo(s).
 
Leontine Gervais.  A large-flowered rambler raised by Barbier in 1903.  Growth up to 7m.  Once flowering.  Good scent.  Parentage:  R. wichuraiana x ‘Souvenir de Catherine Guillot’. 

Website/Catalog  (1985)  Page(s) 28.  
 

Leontine Gervais (Rambler)....

Book  (1984)  Page(s) 144.  
 
 A very close relative of R. wichuraiana, R. luciae appears to have been used to produce a small group, of which ‘Alberic Barbier’ and ‘Albertine’ are the most familiar and which can best be described as coming halfway between ramblers and climbers.   They flower earlier than the other ramblers, their flowers are bigger and in smaller clusters, their canes are stiffer,  and they do not just produce new growth from ground level, which means their pruning has to be different.   Yet by ancestry they are ramblers, and they are not recurrent.   The French firm of Barbier was instrumental in breeding many of the best ramblers round about the turn of the century and they rapidly became enormously popular. 

Book  (1984)  Page(s) 138.  Includes photo(s).
 
'Léontine Gervais'  Rosa luciæ x 'Souvenir de Catherine Guillot'. Obtenu par Barbier en 1903. Haut. 7 à 8 m. Par certains aspects cette rose fait penser à 'François Juranville' mais sa couleur est un fondu de cuivré, de saumon et d'orangé, insolité et captivant. Les fleurs se renouvellent longuement; leur parfum, s'il nous attire, n'a pas cette suavité unique, prodigieux don la nature, de 'François Juranville'.

Book  (1983)  Page(s) 151.  Includes photo(s).
 
 Léontine Gervais (1903).  Large flowers for a rambler, which are reddish-copper in the bud and open to an orangish-yellow.  They are fragrant and non-recurrent but profuse.  Beautiful dark glossy foliage.   An extremely strong-growing plant to more than 6 metres.