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Newsletter  (2000)  Page(s) 29.  
 
Jay Williams says Leonie Bell discovered that Pink Leda preceded the 'Leda' that is white. The white 'Leda' should be 'Bordee de Rouge'. Both date from 1827, can be found on Page 115 of Desportes. Reference - Old Roser's Digest, April 2000.
Book  (1936)  Page(s) 3.  
 
Admirable blanc, bordé Rouge (damask) Vitry 1826; white, occasionally greenish, pink edges, medium size.
Book  (1899)  Page(s) 2.  
 
Admirable bordé de Rouge, Provins, (Vitry), 1826, blanc bordé Rouge. Dans le Rosetum de Desportes
Book  (1860)  Page(s) 114.  
 
Damask...Admirable blanc bordé de rouge, medium size, full, white to greenish white, edged pink, grows vigorously.
Book  (1848)  Page(s) 20, part 2.  
 
The Damask Rose...
1. Admirable blanc bordé de rouge; flowers white, sometimes a little greenish, usually edged with rose; of medium size, full; not expanding well at all times. Habit, branching; growth vigorous.
Website/Catalog  (1845)  Page(s) 38.  
 
Damas.
Admirable bordée de rougemoyenne, pleine, blanche...1 fr. 50 c.
Book  (1842)  Page(s) 956.  
 
Liste des principales roses du commerce, disposées selon la méthode de Lindley :
6e. Tribu. Rosiers cent-feuilles.
15 Rosa damascena. Roses de Damas.
Admirable. Moyenne, pleine, blanc bordé de rouge.
Magazine  (1842)  Page(s) Vol. 2, n.17, p. 301.  
 
Exposition Spéciale des Roses et le Bazar horticole de la Fête-Dieu 1842 [May 27 - June 3] ... M. Vibert, route de Paris, à Angers...
Damas et Portlands. Arlinde. admirable bordée de rouge. belle d'Auteuil. Bouvet. Césonie. Chateaubriand. impératrice de France. la Constance. la ville de Bruxelles. Léda. Louis XVI. M.e Hardy. Portland pourpre. princesse Amélie. triomphe de Rouen. Sylvia. quatre semis de 1841 et 1842.
Book  (1842)  Page(s) 268.  
 
R. damascena....Varieties:...Admirable bordé rouge, white, red edges
Magazine  (1841)  Page(s) Vol. 2, n.15, p. 240.  
 
Catalogue des Plantes du Bazar Horticole (du 11 au 18 juin 1841) .... M. Vibert, amateur horticulteur ...
Damas, adm. bordé de rouge, camaieux, Césonie, Lavalette, Louis XVI, Mme Hardy, à odeur d'anisette 
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