Le jardin de Jumaju
Les roses anciennes des Fieffes
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proverb: He that won't be consll'd, can't be help'd
The in troduction in France,and in the rest of Europe of what is now called the Rose of Bourbon remains a very complicated story with lots of obscure areas and also quite a few fanciful stories.
The whole groups seems to find its roots in hybrid "rose Edouard" that was found in Bourbon island (La Réunion) at the beginning of 19 th century and which naturally grew in uncultivated spots.
The seeds of this rose tree sent to famous gardener Antoine Jacques (gardener of Philippe d'Orléans, futur king Louis XVIII ) gave birth to the first rose tree marketed as early as 1823 under the name of The Bourbon island rose.
Hardy, in charge of Jardin du Luxembourg, also received seeds from the same origin which gave birth to a pale pink double rose tree which he named "rose de l'Ile de France" another name given at that time to La Réunion.
The same seeds were to correspond to a third name, which can largely explain the ongoing confusion.
Two excellent creations from Despres in 1883 ensured definite success to the family : it was "Mme Desprez" with pretty lilac pink and "Charles Desprez" with soft pink.
In 1875, we could list no less than 500 species of which only a few dozens remain today
The rose trees Bourbons of the garden
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rose's name
 year creator
Adam Messerich 1920 Lambert
Amédée Langlois 1871 Vigneron
Bourbon Queen (Reine de l'île Bourbon) 1835 Mauget
Commandant Beaurepaire 1874 Moreau & Robert
Comtesse de Rocquigny 1874 Vaurin
Coupe d'Hébé clg 1840 Laffay
Frau O'Plegg 1909 Nabonnand
Gourdault 1859 Guillot
Héroïne de Vaucluse 1863 Moreau
Honorine de Brabant 1900 unknown
Kathleen Harrop 1918 Dickson
La Reine Victoria 1888 Schwartz
Louise Odier 1870 Margottin
Mme Ernest Calvat 1888 Schwartz
Mme Isaac Pereire clg 1881 Garçon
Mme Letuvé de Colnet 1887 Vigneron
Mme Pierre Oger 1878 Oger
Mme Zéphirine Drouin clg 1868 Bizot
Rose Edouard (rose Dubreuil) 1821 Périchon
Souvenir de la Malmaison 1843 Béluze
Souvenir de la Malmaison clg 1893 Bennett
Souvenir de Mme Auguste Charles 1866 Moreau & Robert
Souvenir de St Anne's 1916 unknown
Zigeunerknabe (Gipsy Boy) 1909 Lambert
     
Frau O' Plegg
Souvenir de la Malmaison