Book  (Apr 1999)  Page(s) 495.  
 
Buffon ('Joséphine', 'Rose Buffon') Damask Perpetual. Unknown pre-1821. The author cites information from different sources... Pale rose... flesh... Comte George Louis Leclerc de Buffon, influential French naturalist and theorist, lived 1707-1788.

Book  (1990)  Page(s) 58-59.  Includes photo(s).
 
Buffon Portland. No breeder given. 1836. Description.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 114.  
 
Buffon (Portland) ? before 1836; pale pink to red, medium size, very double.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 310, 311.  
 
p. 310: Gracieuse (damask) in Holland ? ; flesh-coloured, medium size, double

p. 311: Gracieuse, La (Portland) ? ? ; ?

Book  (1906)  Page(s) 84.  
 
5.365. Gracieuse, Portland

Book  (1899)  Page(s) 29.  
 
Buffon, Portland, rouge, syn. Joséphine

Book  (1899)  Page(s) 92.  
 
La Gracieuse, Portland, dans le Catalogue de Vibert de 1822

Book  (1864)  Page(s) 72.  
 
Die Vierjahreszeiten-Rose (R. calendarum, Borkh.—Damascena portlandica bifera—Rose de quatre Saisons—Omnium Calendarum). [...]
Andere alte Varietäten sind:
Gracieuse de St. Cloud...

The Four Seasons Rose (R. calendarum, Borkh.—Damascena portlandica bifera—Rose de quatre Saisons—Omnium Calendarum). [...]
Other older varieties are:
Gracieuse de St. Cloud...

Book  (1858)  Page(s) 169.  
 
Rosa damascena bifera. La Gracieuse, large, full, pink.

Book  (1848)  Page(s) Div. II, p. 22.  
 
The Damask Rose...
La Gracieuse; flowers deep pink, inclining to blush soon after expanding; of medium size, full; form, compact. Habit, branching; growth, moderate. Blooms occasionally in the autumn; wherefore some class it as a Damask Perpetual.