Book  (1992)  Page(s) 42.  
 
('Belle Courtisanne', 'Queen of Denmark') Alba shrub; deep to light pink; blooms are of medium size, double, quartered; not remontant; growth lax, open, 5 x 4 ft (1.5 x 1.2 m); grey-green leaves; good scent. Perhaps a Damask x Alba. Booth 1826. OGR

Book  (1991)  Page(s) 13.  Includes photo(s).

Book  (1991)  Page(s) 97.  
 
Parentage unknown... Rosa alba hybrid. Description... pink, fragrant... gray-green foliage...

Book  (1990)  Page(s) 12.  
 
New Albas were developed in the early nineteenth century. 'Queen of Denmark' was one of them. Victorian rosarian Thomas Rivers records " so much was this esteemed when first raised from seed that plants from Germany cost five guineas each in England." Description... pink, button eye... the choice of Graham Thomas for his midsummer buttonhole...

Article (magazine)  (1988)  Page(s) 14.  
 
...R. rugosa rubra has a blue-tinged red, which derives from a characteristic colour component. which has also ....been found in old garden roses such as 'Königin von Dänemark' (Booth, 1816). It follows that the influence of Rugosa at the beginnings of Rose breeding has been larger than believed until now...

Book  (1988)  Page(s) 40.  Includes photo(s).

Book  (1988)  Page(s) 41.  Includes photo(s).
 
An Alba, probably crossed with a Damask, raised by James Booth, of Flottbeck Nurseries, near Hamburg (then in Denmark) 1826. Description.

Book  (1987)  Page(s) 38.  Includes photo(s).
 
Photo: Plate 10
Page 38: Its blooms are deeper in colour than those of some of the other Albas (a vivid carmine-rose)

Book  (Dec 1985)  Page(s) 200, 201.  Includes photo(s).
 
Page 200: 'Queen of Denmark'. 1826. Description... flowers: slightly smaller than most other Albas and its colour a deeper pink...
Page 201: [Photo]

Website/Catalog  (1984)  Page(s) 1.  Includes photo(s).
 
Alba Roses
Very little pruning is required because the Alba needs size to dispkay its spring mantle to the fullest. 
Koenigin von Daenemark (Königin von Dänemark, Queen of Denmark, 1826) 
The blooms are an intense (some say scarlet) pink just after bud stage. The bloom later becomes uniform, medium pink, and quartered with a button eye. Intensely fragrant, the very double bloom opens cupped and then reflexes. Growth of the bush is open in form with light green foliage.