Magazine  (1948)  Page(s) 46.  
 
Thus in a creamy pink we have the admirable Hermosa, Old Blush and Old Crimson, Mme Fabvier and Cramoisie, also crimson, the deep rose Fellenberg, the vivid pink Laurette Messimy, the white Ducher and serratipetala, rose and carmine with fringed petals.

Magazine  (1937)  Page(s) 391.  
 
....They included Due d'Angouleme, Unique Blanc, Conrad F. Meyer, Rosa muscosa japonica and R. serratipetala

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 660.  
 
Serratipetala (hybrid china) ? ; pink, ages to crimson, small, semi-double, serrated petals, cluster-flowered, continuous bloom. Sangerhausen.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 261.  
 
Fimbriata à pét. frangés (hybrid china) Jacques 1831; vivid pink, medium size, very double, flat, outer petals ruffled, repeats, weak branches, growth 4/10.

Magazine  (1935)  Page(s) 424.  
 
....One wonders why this Rose did not receive the addition of serratipetala to its name, as such description is fully merited. The flowers are medium-sized and only semi- double, while it burns easily in the summer sun, but it certainly has its place in the collection of curious old-fashioned Roses.

Book  (1933)  Page(s) 284-286.  
 
When I was visiting Monsieur Cochet in July, 1928, he asked me whether I could believe that carnations planted next to roses would influence the roses to bear carnation blooms. He then related how a rose bearing carnation blooms was brought to him. I saw the plants with actual carnation blooms. Neither Cochet nor I am attempting to elucidate the question, we are only quoting the facts. Since then Revue Horticole of Paris, September 16, 1928, published the following article, written by Monsieur Cochet:
The Carnation rose of Saint Arquey was found in 1912 at the Château of the Abbey of Saint Nicolas-aux-bois, near Saint Gobain (Aisne) belonging to Mr. Faure. Mr. Vilfroy, then head gardener of the demesne, made in 1911 some cuttings of a horticultural variety of Rosa chinensis (Jacquin) of which he did not retain the name. These cuttings were placed in a cold frame containing also carnation cuttings. In 1912, Mme. Faure and Mr. Vilfroy noticed with surprise that by some strange coincidence, several of the rose cuttings were bearing roses resembling exactly carnation blooms!
These cuttings were carefully preserved, the owners asked for my opinion as to the value of their new rose, and I declared it extremely interesting because it is absolutely unique in its form and coloring, nothing like it existing, to my knowledge in Genus Rosa. Mme. Faure gave me some branches of what she called a curious teratological variation. She gave it the name of "Rose Oeillet de Saint Arquey," the abbey of Saint-Nicolas-aux-bois having formerly been under the invocation of saint Arquey.
Since 1913, that is for 15 years, we have selected and budded each year soa s to accentuate and definitely fix the characters that distinguished it from its forbears. No reversion has occurred for several years.
"Oeillet de Saint Arquey" makes a bush diverging with branches thin, intercrossed, reddish purple when young and green when ripe, with few thorns. Foliage is of five leaflets, those near the flowers only three leaflets oval pointed, the end one being very pointed, serration variable, always purple as is also the underside of young foliage. Pedicel firm, bearing as also the calyx, glandular hairs. Flowers are small, with sepals sometimes leafy. Flowers, small with bracteas at times leafy, are of variable colors often maroon or blood red, at times crimson red with a darker edge and center almost white shaded carmine. The petals, small, are plicte, deeply serrated and decussate. The general aspect of the flower is of the carnation and not at all of the rose. Florescence is singly or a few, prolonged, as in all Bengals, throughout the season. The Société Nationale d'Horticulture de France awarded this new rose a certificate of merit at its meeting of July 26th.
...This article was published by the Journal of Heredity, August, 1929, and brought me many letters, the most interesting being from a California correspondent, calling my attention to the fact that the name of the original rose was not retained, then emitting the opinion that the rose may be one of those lost varities such as "Fimbriata" (fringed petals) raised by Mr. Jacques in 1831, the description of which tallies with Cochet's. For unknown reasons, the rose had degenerated and lost its carnation type, which, however, being innate, became again apparent in the frame. Many varities do degenerate after being a long time in the same place and neglected by pruning shears.

Magazine  (1929)  Page(s) 389-390.  
 
"Rosa Oeillet de Saint Arqey (Bengal) (Carnation Rose)" by Cochet-Cochet
Translation of original article in "Revue Horticole", p. 227-8, by J.H. Nicolas

Magazine  (Dec 1913)  Page(s) 182.  Includes photo(s).
 
La Rose de Saint-Arquey. — En attendant qu'il nous soit possible de faire une planche coloriée de cette curieuse rose nouvelle, nous donnons aujourd'hui une gravure noire de cette jolie nouveauté. Nos lecteurs pourront, ainsi, se rendre compte combien elle ressemble à un œillet ! ! Nous donnerons, en même temps que la planche coloriée, l'histoire de cette rose et de l'ancien couvent, devenu un mervéilleux castel, où elle a vu le jour. Nous rappellerons simplement, aujourd'hui, que la Rose de Saintt-Arquey est née en 1911, à l'abbaye de Saint-Nicolas-aux-Bois, près de Saint-Gobain, dans le département de l'Aisne. M. Vilfroy, jardinier-chef de ce charmant domaine, fit, en 1911, des boutures d'une forme horticole du R. Chinensis de Jacquin; ces boutures furent placées sous châssis froid, dans un coffre contenant également des boutures d'œillets. Madame Faure, propriétaire du château, et M. Vilfroy, constatèrent avec stupéfaction, en 1912, que par une étrange coïncidence, plusieurs boutures donnaient des roses ressemblant, à s'y méprendre, à des fleurs d'œillets ! ! Ces boutures furent soigneusement conservées; Madame Faure nous fit l'honneur de nous demander notre avis sur la valeur de cette rose que nous avons déclarée, et dé-
durons, être la plus curieuse rose créée depuis fort longtemps. Nos collègues qui la virent, et lui attribuèrent un certificat de mérite à la séance du 28 août dernier de la S. N. H. F., furent, comme nous, extrêmement intéressés par cette présentation. La Rose de Saint-Arquey, multipliée par nos soins, sera mise au commerce probablement à l'automne 1915, pour la joie des amateurs de roses nouvelles et de curiosités végétales. Il n'existe rien de semblable à cette rose : c'est une véritable nouveauté. COCHET-COCHET.
 

Magazine  (Oct 1913)  Page(s) 149.  
 
La Rose de Saint-Arquey — Cette curieuse rose qui a vu le jour en 1911, à l'Abbaye de Saint-Nicolas-au-Bois, dans le département de l'Aisne, constitue certainement une des plus intéressantes nouveautés qui soient neés depuis de longues années. Ce n'est plus une rose, c'est un œillet ! Non pas un œillet plus au moins parfait, comme Fimbriata ou Roger Lambelin, mais un véritable œillet.
La rose de Saint-Arquey ressemble à un œillet à ce point que, placée sur la tige d'une de cas plantes de mêmes nuances qu'elle, on ne la distingue plus; il va sans dire que nous parlons de la rose elle-même, et que les rameaux et le feuillage sont restés ceux du R. Chinensis, dont elle est issue.
Nous avons présenté la Rose de Saint-Arquey à la séance de la Société nationale d'Horticulture de France, du 28 août dernier, au nom de son heureux obtenteur, Mme Faure; elle excita la curiosité de tous les amateurs de roses et professionnels présents, et obtint, à l'unanimité la plus haute récompense. Nous reparlerons plus longuement de cette très curieuse et très jolie rose, dans notre prochain numéro.

Website/Catalog  (1913)  Page(s) 77.  
 
China, or Monthly Roses.
Serratipetala
The blossom is bright rose, gradually deepening to crimson, and is fragrant. In addition to the outer broad petals, there is a cluster of narrow petals in the center, giving the blooms a fluffy appearance.