Book  (1988)  Page(s) 58, 59.  
 
Page 58: [Photo]
Page 59: Rosa centifolia 'Variegata' ('Village Maid', 'Cottage Madi', 'Belle des Jardins', 'La Rubanée') A mutant of Centifolia introduced in 1845 from Angers... It has been known to revert to ordinary Centifolia. This should not be confused with the Gallica 'Perle des Panachées' which shares the synonym of 'La Rubanée'. Description.

Book  (1987)  Page(s) 45.  
 
(Centifolia) Originated near Angers in France over a hundred years ago... R. centifolia variegata... thorny, vigorous ... also called 'La Rubanee'... globular flowers in small clusters... creamy-blush with rosy-lilac stripes.

Book  (1987)  Page(s) 129.  
 
R. centifolia variegata, 'Belle des Jardins', 'La Rubanee' ... it grows into a vigorous, thorny shrub, taller than the Gallicas, and suckers freely if on its own roots... flowers early... striped.

Book  (Dec 1985)  Page(s) 171.  
 
Village Maid ('Belle des Jardins', 'La Rubanée', R. x centifolia variegata) Beales lists it under "Centifolias". Vibert (France) 1845. Parentage unknown. Description... white blooms liberally streaked and striped with pink... In Beale's experience it occasionally repeats with an odd bloom in late summer.

Website/Catalog  (1985)  Page(s) 48.  
 

Village Maid..... 5 x 4’.

Book  (1984)  Page(s) 47.  
 
Rosa x centifolia variegata Hort./’Belle des Jardins’/’La Rubanée’/ ’Village Maid’/’Cottage Maid’/’Panachée à fleurs doubles’/’La Belle Villageoise’/’Dometil Beccard’/ ’Dominico Boccardo’ = Sport de Rosa x centifolia apparu à Angers vers 1845. ‘Cottage Maid’ est également un synonyme de la rose gallique ‘Perle des Panachées’… Vigoureux, très aiguillonné… feuillage foncé, grossièrement denté… fleurs rondes et doubles, d’un blanc crème ligné de lilas rosé pâle, tournent au rose lilas, avant de se faner, sauf dans un sol très riche qui les fait devenir entièrement blanches. Elles ne durent pas longtemps s’il pleut ou s’il fait simplement humide.

Website/Catalog  (1982)  Page(s) 39.  
 
Village Maid (centifolia) ‘variegata’, ‘Belles des Jardins’, ‘La Rubanee’.  A free flowering unique rose of white striped lilac. Vigorous and thorny. 1845 (R) 6 x 4’.

Magazine  (1981)  Page(s) 1. Vol 3, No. 4.  
 
Editor:  .....after a season of old roses such as I have never had before.  A few are still in full bloom as I write.  
La Rubanee with pale raspberry stripes on a milky white ground and true centifolia form.

Book  (1971)  Page(s) 20.  
 
...The war dragged on....A little later the Daisy Hill Nursery changed hands, and a few roses reached us safely; among them were 'Tuscany', 'Commandant Beaurpaire', 'Alain Blanchard', 'Coupe d'Hébé', and a striped rose that has since proved to be Rosa centifolia variegata.

Website/Catalog  (Nov 1959)  Page(s) 28.  
 
Centifolia variegata Introduced from Angers in 1845. Previously listed as 'Belle des Jardins' and 'La Rubanée'. Also known as 'Village Maid', 'Panachée a fleurs doubles', 'Dometil Beccard', 'Dominic Boccardo'. Since all these names appear to refer to gallica roses, Hillings preferred to follow Willmott (The Genus Rosa), giving it a plain botanical name. Vigorous thorny shrub up to 5' x 4'; cupped blooms in clusters, on long stalks, white, striped lilac-pink. Falls quickly, but very free-flowering. Unique colouring and quality.