Magazine  (2 Dec 1858)  Page(s) 380.  
 
Besides the officinal semi-double Rosa officinalis, which is still cultivated in Provins and which is said to distinguish itself by a very agreeable fragrance, there are 3 other main groups [of Rosa gallica]:
a) Seraglio or Sultan Roses (Rosa Maheka)....[see]
b) Velvet Roses (Rosa holosericea), also dark red, often tending to violet and with a velvety sheen. The most beautiful are: Belle Africaine, Brillante d'Enghien, Friedrich Wilhelm IV., La Nubienne (Gloire des Hellènes), Le Negre, Tombeau de Napoléon, Triomphe de Velours, Velours superbe and violet.
c) Bishop roses....[see]