Book  (1984)  Page(s) 51.  
 
Clusius (Charles de l'Ecluse) says having observed in 1591 a rose with almost white blooms, with 120 petals: he had received it in 1589 from John van Hogheland. These blooms have the form we meet in our Rosa x centifolia. In 1596 the Englishman Gerard speaks of the "Great Holland Rose" and again, in 1597, in his hernbal of "The Great Holland Rose". But he also calls it "Great Province", "Province" designating in english the town of Provins where in 1240 Rosa gallica 'Officinalis' was introduced. ...In 1581, l'Obel names our Rosa x centifolia as Rosa x damascena maxima. And in 1601, Clusius describes it under the name Rosa x centifolia batavica....It is 1733 that the confusion takes on perilous dimensions for our Rosa x centifolia. The Englishman Miller, who without doubt remembering 'Great Province', baptised it Rosa ...provincialis, as this is the latinised form of the english term "Province". However "provincialis" means, for all those who know a few elements of latin, belonging to the province of the Romans, and in particular to the "provincia nostra" of the majority of latin authors. And thus our poor rose was called "rosier de Provence"!

Website/Catalog  (1982)  Page(s) 19.  
 

Gros Choux d’Hollande (Bourbon) Soft pink and very double with a rich fragrance. Very vigourous. Date unknown. (R) 6 x 4’. 

Website/Catalog  (1967)  Page(s) 10.  
 
Rosa centifolia and hybrids ...Gros Chou de Hollande (?) Light pink, double, fragrant.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 349.  
 
Hollande, Grosse (pompon centifolia) Vibert ca. 1830; light pink, medium size, double, irregular.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 349.  
 
Hollande, Grande Centfeuille de (centifolia) Prévost ca. 1840: light pink, large, very double, globular, branches stained purple, growth 7/10. Sangerhausen

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 169.  
 
Constance (centifolia) in Holland; pink = Gr. Centf. de Holland.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 228.  
 
Dutch, Hundred-leaved (centifolia) in England before 1759; ? double.

Book  (1899)  Page(s) 76.  
 
Grosse Hollande, Pompon, Vibert, rose clair, syn. Multiflore de Hollande

Book  (1899)  Page(s) 42.  
 
Constance, centifolia (Holland), rose, syn. Gr. de Hollande

Book  (1899)  Page(s) 76.  
 
Grosse Cent feuilles de Hollande, centifolia, Prévost, rose clair