Newsletter  (Nov 2014)  Page(s) 19-20.  Includes photo(s).
 
‘Gaspard Monge’, ..... a centifolia......was bred by Monsieur Robert in 1854. A blend of pinks, this rose retains the typical cabbage shape until completely open, when it reveals a yellow eye. This is one of the roses correctly labeled which Mottisfont received in the 1980s from Sangerhausen among the latter’s many incorrectly labeled roses. The rose is named for Comte de Peluse, French mathematician who invented both descriptive and differential geometry and helped found Ecole Polytechnique. An atheist and a pro-Revolutionary, Monge (1746-1818) traveled with Napoleon on his Egyptian campaign. After Napoleon’s waterloo, all Monge’s titles and honors were stripped from him.

Magazine  (2000)  Page(s) 7 & 9. Vol 41, No. 1.  Includes photo(s).
 
p7. Margaret Furness.  
"Mrs Something", maybe Gaspard Monge. See next page. Photo: Ed.

p9.    *Ed: This is the name under which it is grown in the UK, but in Germany it is disputed. Spring-only, scented, suckering, can ball, will climb through other plants. In Australia it is a survivor in every state, even in a derelict garden at ‘Balladonia’ station on the edge of the Nullarbor (annual rainfall 263mm). Its many study names include “Mrs Something” (see the autumn, winter and spring HRIA Journal issues of 2011; photo page 7).

Book  (1990)  Page(s) 52.  Includes photo(s).
 
Gaspard Monge Centifolia. Robert 1854... Light mauvish-red blooms...

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 486.  
 
Monge, Gaspard (centifolia) Robert 1854; light red to crimson with lilac, large, double, globular.

Book  (1899)  Page(s) 69.  
 
Gaspard Monge, centifolia, Robert, 1854, cramoisi et lilas

Book  (1880)  Page(s) Annex, p. 52.  
 
centifolia, Gaspard de Monge (Robert, 1854), light red with lilac, well double, globular.

Book  (1860)  Page(s) 120.  
 
Centifolia...Gaspard Monge, large, very double, light pink, sometimes lilac, bowl-form; very vigorous. Robert, 1854.

Book  (1858)  Page(s) 142-143.  
 
Rosa centifolia ....  Gaspard Monge , (Robert, 1854), large, very double, light pink, with some lilac, cupped when expanding, very vigorous growth.

Book  (1855)  Page(s) 242.  
 
Centifolia. Gaspard Monge, light red with a little lilac, large, well double, globular; very vigorous. bred by Robert in Angers, introduced 1854.

Magazine  (1855)  Page(s) vol. 5, n.39, p. 31.  
 
Cultures de 1854 ... Cultures de M. ROBERT, horticulteur, successeur de M. VIBERT, près le Mail, à Angers....
Roses de Damas et Portland plus ou moins altérés ... Gaspard Monge, de 9 à 11 cent., bien double, rose clair, un peu lilacé, forme globuleuse en ouvrant, très vigoureuse (1854).