Book  (Dec 1985)  Page(s) 160.  Includes photo(s).
 
(R. gallica violacea) Of considerable antiquity. Pre-Redouté. Origin and parentage unknown. Description... flowers: slightly more than single, soft violet smudged-purple, pronounced golden-yellow stamens...

Website/Catalog  (1984)  Page(s) 15.  
 
Gallica Roses (French Rose, Rose of Provins)
Violacea, La Belle Sultane (Before 1824)
Dark rosy red with some black hues around a center filled with golden stamens. The rose is semidouble, blooming in clusters of three with small, light green foliage. The overall effect is reminiscent of glass ornaments on a Christmas tree.

Book  (1983)  Page(s) 49.  
 
Deep crimson flowers, golden stamens...

Website/Catalog  (1983)  Page(s) 24.  
 
La Belle Sultane.....Violet purple semi-single...... 4 x 3’. 

Website/Catalog  (1982)  Page(s) 22.  
 
La Belle Sultane (Gallica) ‘Gallica violacea’. Violent purple semi-single bloom on a tall arching bush.  Unknown date and origin but of considerable antiquity. (S) 7 x 7’.

Website/Catalog  (Nov 1959)  Page(s) 41.  
 
(R. gallica 'Maheka' or 'La Belle Sultane'). Tall arching bush bearing copiously almost single violet-purple blooms, offset by yellow stamens. A very old variety. 6 ft. x 5 ft.

Website/Catalog  (1938)  Page(s) 40.  
 
Rosa gallica violacea (Paul & Son 05). Dark violet-purple, double, vigorous.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 109.  
 
Gallica Violacea Single, 2 1/2 in., crimson damask, fading purple; anthers bold, pistil only just protruding. Pedicel very smooth, dark glands and hip. Calyx just exceeding bud, much winged, often twelve. Wood red, thorns very few and small; densely glanded. Leaves small, leaflets upfolded, down-hanging. Few very small thorns on petiole. Growth moderate.

Website/Catalog  (1923)  Page(s) 52.  
 
Provins. Rosa gallica violacea (Paul, 1905). Single, dark red.

Website/Catalog  (1923)  Page(s) 51.  
 
Provins. Belle Sultane (Netherlands, 1800). Purple-violet. Syn.: Cumberland.