This list is under construction, so please be patient. More information
will be added in the days ahead.
The rose as we know it today, and even rose gardening, would not exist in
the form we know it today had it not been for the Empress Josephine and her
interest in roses. During the early years of the 19th century, she set about
collecting every known rose and establishing one of the most celebrated rose
gardens in history at her home, Malmaison. Sources indicate that
approximately 250 varieties of roses were grown there from 1804 until her
death in 1814.
Unfortunately, while an inventory of the other plants she grew at
Malmaison was created after her death in 1814, there was never a list of the
roses grown there.
In 1912, Jules. Gravereaux set about researching the roses grown at
Malmaison and published a list, La Malmaison. les roses
de l'impératrice Joséphine. While we'll never know for
sure what was grown there due to the lack of any inventory created during
the period
The list below is a direct product of his book. At the end of the list,
I've also included some additional varieties he mentions as possibilities,
and my own additions based upon my reading of works by experts such as
Graham Stuart Thomas, Peter Beales, and the ARS Modern Roses book.
The names of roses--particularly their common
names--change. Where possible, I've indicated all possible names for any
particular variety of rose.
The darker blue rows with bold black italics are the
rose categories/species names, as in this example for Rosa gallica.
I've also included the category used by Gravereaux (Provens).
Where possible, I've also included the specific Latin
name for specific varieties, listed in the same rose as that variety.
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Latin Name(s)
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English Name(s)
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French Name(s)
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Description
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Rosa Gallica;
Provins
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Rosa Gallica Agatha Incarnata
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Agathe
Carnée;
Rosa incarnate;
Tout amiable;
Tendresse admirable;
Caprice de Zéphyre;
Marie-Louise;
la Duchesse d’Angoulême
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Beauté Insurmontable;
Lyre de Flore
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Rosa
gallica Maheka
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Rose du
Sérail;
Gallica Maheka du Nouveau
Duhamel;
Rose Maheck;
Rose Sultane;
Juliette
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Aigle
Brun;
Aquila Nigra;
l’Aigle noir de Prévost
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Bouquet
de Vémis
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La
Maculée
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Incomparable
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Admirable;
Gallica mirabilis;
Gallica multiplex;
Gallica superbissima
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Rosa Gallica Regalis
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Grandeur Royale;
Great Royal Rose;
Rosier Hortensia
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Aimable
Pourpre
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Rosa Pumila;
Rosa
Gallica Pumila
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Rosier
D’Amour;
Rosier d’Autriche;
Petit Provins
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Rouge
Superbe Actif
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Adèle
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Aglaia
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Belle Hébé
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Velours
Pourpre
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Belle
Aimable
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Le
Rosier
Évêque
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La
Tendresse
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Cumberland
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Belle
Sultane
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Alector
Cramoisi
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Bacchante
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Achille;
Superbe Brune;
Louis XVI;
Belle Italienne
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André Du Pont;
Rouge formidable
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Belle
Biblis;
Avenant
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Grand
Napoléon
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Agathe
Fatime
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Nouveau
Intelligible
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Cocarde
Pale
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Beauté Touchante
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Sans
Pareille;
Sans Pareille couronnée;
Sans Pareille de Hollande
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Victorine la Couronnée
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La
Bien-Aimée
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Triomphe de Flore
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Thalie
la Gentille;
Thalie
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Temple
d’Apollon;
Cramoisissimo amplo;
Barbanègre;
Vesta
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Superbe
en Brun;
La Négresse
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Sultane
Double
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Soleil
Brillant;
Invincible;
Agathe incomparable
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Provins
Renoncule
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Riosemonde;
Provins panache;
Provins aeillet
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Rosier
de Van Eeden
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Rose
Pluton
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Provins
Mareré;
Marbled Rose
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Pourpre
Charmant;
La
Magnifique;
Grand
Pompadour;
Regulus;
Rouge
admirable
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Grande
et Belle
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Isabelle
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Grosse
Cerise
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Illustre;
Surpasse Singleton;
La
Triomphante;
La Prédestinée;
La
Glorieuse
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Blood
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Hector
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Henriette
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Belle Hélène;
Clémence Isaure;
L’Archiduc Charles;
L’Aimable Emma
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Grand
Sultan;
Sultan
Rose;
Grand
Turban;
Céleste
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Grand
Monarque;
Cocarde
royale
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Pourpre
Ardoisé
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Feu non
Rouge
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Euphrosine l’Élégante
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Estelle
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Duc de
Guiche;
Sénat romain
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Belle
Parade
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Cramoisi Triomphante;
La Plus
élégante;
Superbe
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Junon
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Nouveau
Monde
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Clio
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Chloris
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Bizarre
Triomphant;
Buzard
Triomphant
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Bouquet
Charmant;
Bouquet
superbe;
Vénus mere
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Carmin
Brillant
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Nouvell
Gagnée
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Noire
Couronnée
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Minerve;
La
Grande Junon
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Manteau
Pourpre;
Manteau
rouge
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Lustre
D’Église;
Grand
saint François
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Majesteueuse;
La
Cocarde;
Lucrèce
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Calypso
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La
Roxelane;
La
Grande Violette
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L’Empereur
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Ombre
Panachée;
Noire
pourpre panachée
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Nouveau
Rouge
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Ombre
Superbe
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Ornement de la Nature;
Rose
anemone
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Pallas;
Reine
de pourpres
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Jeune
Henri
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Passe-Princesse
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Passe
Velours;
Grande
Obscurité
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Panachée Superbe; Phoenix
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Agathe
de la Malmaison
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Beauté Renommée
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Cerisette la Jolie
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Héloise;
Agathe
nouvelle
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Agathe
Royale;
Bouquet Parfait
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Assemblage de Beautés
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Beauté Superbe
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Royal Virgin rose;
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Aimable
Rouge;
Le
Triomphe;
Agathe
majesteueuse
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Belle
Sans Flatterie
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Josephina
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La Précieuse
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Beauté Surprenante
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La
Pintade;
Gallica
Meleagris
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Belle
Olymphe
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Belle
Brune
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Rosa Gallica Agatha (var. delphiniana)
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L’Enfant de France;
Roi de
Rome;
Le
Grand Dauphin
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Belle
Flore
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Belle
Galathée
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Belle
Pourpre
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Cramoisi
Éblouissant
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Rosa Centifolia;
Cent. Feuilles
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Mousseuse Couleur de Chair
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Belle
Junon;
Centifolia Junonis;
Rouge
agréable
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La
Louise;
Nouveau
Duhamel;
Le Bon
Jardinier
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Rosa Centifolia caryophyllea
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OEillet;
Rosa
Caryophyllata;
Rosa
unguiculata;
Rose
Guenille
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Rose a
Cent Feuilles
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Perle
de l’Orient;
Perles;
Perle
de Vaseingtein
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Unique
Rose;
Unique
Anglaise
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Rosa Centifolia Burgundiaca
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Rosier
des Dames;
Centifolia minor;
Gros
Pompon de Bourgogne;
Rosier
de Bordeaux;
Pompon
à grandes geuilles;
Rosier
à cent
feuilles nain
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Unique
Admirable
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Nymphe
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Rosa Muscosa;
Rosa Centifolia andrewsii muscosa simplex
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Rosier
Mousseux
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Ornement de Parade;
Ornement de Carafe
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La
Pucelle
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Nouveau
Petit Serment;
Petit
Serment
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Rosier
Vilmorin;
La
Transparente;
Rosalie
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Unique
Blanche;
Centifolia nivea;
L’Unica
Mutabilis;
La Rose
unique;
L’Unique de Provence
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Feu
Amoureux
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Rosa Damascena Variegata
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York and Lancaster
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York et
Lancastre
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Mousseuse de la Flèche;
Mousseuse anémone
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Rosier
a Feuilles de Laitue;
Rosa
Bullata;
Rosier
à feuilles gaufrées;
À feuilles de chou
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Mousseuse Rouge
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Le Rire
Niais;
Cent
Feuilles
à odeur de punaise;
Centifolia ingrata
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Rose
Chou;
Rose de
jardins;
Rose de
Hollande;
Rose de
Batavie
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Pompon
Mignon;
La
Mignonne charmante
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Rose
des Peintres
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Capricornus
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Mousseuse Blanche
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Cent
Feuilles de Descemet
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Parure
de Vierges
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Rose Céleste;
Nova
celestis;
Cent
Feuilles bleu celeste
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Mousseuse Blanche Nouvelle
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Rosa Alba;
Alba
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Beauté Tendre;
L’Alba Rosea;
L’Alba regiae;
Elisa
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Cuisse
de Nymphe;
L’Alba
incarnate;
Rosa
carnea
La
Royale
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La
Virginale;
L’Alba
Regalis
La
Royale;
La
Grosse cuisse de Nymphe
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Cuisse
de Nymphe
Émue;
Belle
Thérèse
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Rosée du Matin;
La
Belle Elise
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La Rose
d’York;
Le Duc
d’York
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Beauté Virginale
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Belle
Aurore;
Belle
Aurore Poniatowska
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Rosa pimpinellifolia;
Pimprenelle
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La
Belle Laure;
Pimprenelle aux cent
écus
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Pimprenelle de Marienbourg
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Bllee
Mathilde
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Pimprenelle a Fleurs Roses
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Rosa chinensis;
Rosa Indica;
Bengale
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Rosa chinensis, variety ‘Bengale d’Automne’
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Bengale
d’Automne
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Bengale
Bichonne;
Rosier
à odeur de framboise
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Bengale
a odeur de Thé
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Bengale
Cerise;
Bengale
à longs pédoncules
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R. Chinensis
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Rosier
de la Chine;
Rosier
du Bengale;
Rosa
Semperflorens
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Bengale
Angevin;
Rose de
la Floride;
Bengale
Cypris;
Calypso
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Bengale
Blanc
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Rosa Indica fragrans flore simplici
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Bengale
Rose a Fleurs Simples
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Bengale
Animée;
Rose
Animating;
Bengale
Dichotome
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Rosa Indica Sertulata;
Rosa chinensis variety ‘Bengale a Bouquets’
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Bengale
a Bouquets
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Bengale
Cramoisi
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Bengale
Sanguine;
Bengale
pourpre double;
Rose
sanguine
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BengaleGuenille
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Miss
Lawrance Rose;
Rosa
Semperflorens minima
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Rosa Indica;
Rosa Chinensis Thory Sanguinea
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Monthly Rose
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Rosier
des Indes;
L’Indica;
Rosa
Diversifolia
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Miss
Lawrance Rouge
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Rosa Indica vulgaris;
Rosa Chinensis ‘Old Blush’
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Old Blush;
Parson’s Pink China
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Bengale
Commun;
Pâle China rose
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Bengale
de Cels
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Fleur
de Vénus;
Simple
pourpre
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Bengale
Pompon;
Indica
pumila;
Bengale
nain
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Common China
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Rose du
Bengale;
Rosa
Semperflorens;
Rosa
Bengalensis
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Bengale
Cent Feuilles;
Semperflorens Duplex Rosea
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Rosa damascena;
Damas
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Red Monthly Rose
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Rosier
des Quatre Saisons;
Rosier
de tous les mois;
Rosier
de deux fois l’an;
Bouquet
tout fait
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Don
Pedro;
Belle
Superbe
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Van
Huysum;
Bifera
coronate;
Damascena Celsiana;
L’Abondante;
La
Coquette;
La Rose
de Cels
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Rose du
Roi;
Portlandica maxima;
Perpétuelle le Lieur;
Rose le
Lieur
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La
Quatre Saisons Continue
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Rosier
de Parfumeurs;
Bifera
Myropolarum;
Bifera
officinalis
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La Félicité
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L’Amitié
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Rosa Damascena Italica
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Quatre
Saisons d’Italie;
Rosier
de la Malmaison
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Rosa francofurtana;
Rosa Turbinata
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Frankfort Rose;
Empress Joséphine Rose
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Rosier
de Francfort
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Lutea
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Capucine Rouge;
Rose
tulipe;
Rose
bicolore;
Rose
comtesse;
Rose
d’Autriche;
Rosa
Punicea
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Jaune a
Fleurs Doubles;
Lutea
Flore Pleno
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Rosa Moschata
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Rosier
Musqué
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Rosa Rubrifolia;
Rosa Setigera
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Rosier
a Feuilles de Ronce;
Rosier
d’Amérique;
Rosier
Porte-Soies
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Rosa Arvensis;
Rosa Arvensis Ovata
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White Dog Rose
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Rosier
de Champs
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Rosa Ferruginea
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Rosier
a Feuilles Rougeatres;
Rosier
glauque;
Rubrifolia;
Rosa
Ferruginea
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Rosa Banksiae
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Lady Banks Rose
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Rosier
de Lady Banks
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Rosa Carolina
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Rosier
de la Caroline
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Rosa Sempervirens
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Rosier
Toujours Vert
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Rosa laevigata ‘Cherokee Rose’;
Rosa Nivea
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Cherokee Rose
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Rosier
Blanc de Neige;
Rosier
lisse;
Rosier
Trifolié;
Rosier
de la Chine
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Rosa Clinophylla
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Rosier
a Feuilles Penchées;
Rosa
Clinophylla
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Rosa Alpina vulgaris;
Rosa Alpina
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Rosier
des Alpes
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Rosa Cinnamomea
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Rosier
de Mai;
Rose
cannelle;
Rose du
saint sacrament;
Rosa
Cinnamomea
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Rosa Rugosa
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Rosier
du Kamtchatka
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Rugueux
du Japon;
Rosier
hérisson;
Rosier
à feuilles rides;
Runzliche rose;
Rosa Rugosa
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