Book  (2000)  Page(s) 73.  
 
‘Alexandre Laquement’/’Alexander Laquemont’ = Ancien – Gallique – mauve. Assez peu épineux,… arbuste souple, mais dense et feuillu... bouquets de fleurs odorantes de 5cm de diamètre, en coupes peu profondes, un peu ébouriffées, presque plates au plein épanouissement. France, avant 1899.

Book  (Apr 1999)  Page(s) 32.  
 
Alexandre Laquement ('Alexandre Laquemont') Gallica, unknown, pre-1885. The author cites information from different sources... violet, spotted red...

Book  (Mar 1999)  Page(s) 28-29.  Includes photo(s).
 
('Alexandre Laquement', 'Laquemont', 'Alexander Laquemont') l'Hay, France, 1906. Double, somewhat globular blossoms. Well perfumed. Rich violet-crimson, dappled red... less disease-free [than earlier Gallicas]

Book  (Dec 1998)  Page(s) 73.  
 
Alexandre Laquement ('Alexander Laquemont') Gallica. France, pre-1899. Description... shallow cupped shape when fully open, deep red, brushe dpurple and pink... although various description include dappled red and violet-crimson depending on whether it is planted in the shade or sun...

Book  (Jul 1998)  Page(s) 278.  
 
Alexandre Laquement. Before 1899.
Habit: less upright than the typical gallica; some prickles and bristles. Foliage: dark and abundant; quite large serrated leaflets. Bloom: clusters of 2 to 8 blooms. Medium size, double, quartered, sime petals in the centre not unfurled, small button eye. The exterior petals reflex when the bloom fades. Colour: Pink shaded violet and spotted. Fragrance: strong.
Bibliography: Thomas, p. 28-29. Trade: yes, but rare. Collections: author, L'Haÿ, Mottisfont, Sangerhausen.
We have not found any information on the origins of this late-blooming variety, except for the mention in the Nomenclature of Simon and Cochet, in 1899: it is stated as "violet spotted red". It is strange to note that sometimes the less old varieties are those least known about.
The specimen at L'Haÿ, entered the Rose garden after 1902, coming from the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris.

Book  (1997)  Page(s) 138.  
 
Laquement (France) 1906. Description and vital statistics.

Book  (Nov 1994)  Page(s) 28.  
 
Description. Perhaps there was an older version, the present day variety has loosely cupped flowers of light crimson flushed with purple. A lax bush, some prickles and bristles, smooth rounded hips.

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 8.  
 
Alexandre Laquement Gallica, violet spotted with red, ('Alexander Laquemont'); Prior to 1906.

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 35.  Includes photo(s).
 
Photographed at Mottisfont Abbey, Hampshire.

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 35.  
 
Alexandre Laquement, Alexander Laquemont. Gallica. Known since 1906.