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Artist
- Name:
- Unknown
Illustration
- Subject:
- Plants
- Technique:
- Lithograph
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- Missouri Botanical Garden Library, the Internet Archive
Periodical
- Title:
- Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe, vol. 6
- Author(s):
- Van Houtte, Louis (under the direction of)
- Publisher:
- Ghent: Louis van Houtte, 1850-1851
Description
This garden rose is a remontant hybrid in the family Rosaceae. Remontancy is a characteristic which means that a plant can flower more than once a year and it was perfected in rose cultivars throughout the nineteenth century. The Triomphe de Valenciennes was bred by Frédéric Schneider in 1849 and is a sport of La Reine variety, bred by Jean Laffay in 1842.
Keywords: 1850s, 19th century, color, Flore des serres..., flower, periodical, red, reference book, Rosaceae