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Bred by Eugène Guenoux (France, 1869).
Introduced in Australia by George Brunning - St. Kilda Nurseries in 1876 as 'Marquise des Ligneris'.

Hybrid Perpetual.  

Light pink, carmine-pink shading.  Medium, very double, borne mostly solitary, globular bloom form.  

Few or no prickles/thorns, upright.  Light green foliage.  

Dedicated to Marie-Augusta Thorou de Bertinval (1828-1896), separated from her husband Maximilien des Ligneris (1813-1894) in August 1868, divorced 1890. She lived at the time at the Château de Voisenon, the commune where the breeder lived.