Book  (Apr 1999)  Page(s) 44.  
 
Georges Vibert Gallica. Robert, 1853. The author cites information from different sources... Purple, spotted with white... Rosy purple, striped with white... violet purple plumed white and pink... One of the best Provins roses... Georges Vibert, grandson of the master rose breeder Jean-Pierre Vibert -- the successful artist Jehan Georges Vibert.

Book  (Nov 1998)  Page(s) 22.  
 
Goerges Vibert Gallica. Description. Unusually thorny for a Gallica.

Book  (Nov 1998)  Page(s) 21.  Includes photo(s).
 
Georges Vibert Reminds many people of a carnation because each of its flowers is about the same size and shape of a carnation, and also similarly striped...

Book  (1997)  Page(s) 143.  
 
Robert (France) 1853. Description and vital statistics. Colour variously described from carmine to purple but alters with the climate as do so many striped cultivars...

Book  (Nov 1994)  Page(s) 33.  
 
Georges Vibert Gallica. Robert (France) 1853. Description... The flowers are not large, although their narrow petals, opening flat and showing a green centre point, have a carnation-like charm in their neatly striped array. The blush-pink and dark crimson-pink stripes fade to paler tones. It is prettily quilled and quartered. It sometimes reverts to a uniform purplish tint...

Book  (1994)  Page(s) 20.  
 
Robert 1853... small flowers, blush-pink with light crimson stripes

Book  (Sep 1993)  Page(s) 192.  
 
Gallica. Flowers: ruffled, small, striped in assorted shades of pink and mauve, fragrant. M. Robert 1853.

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 205.  
 
Georges Vibert Gallica, purplish red, streaked (striped) white, 1853, Robert. Description.

Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 47.  
 
Georges Vibert ('La Pintade', 'Gallica Meleagris') Gallica. Parentage: unknown. France 1853. Description and cultivation... The flowers are purple or carmine, depending on climate, with darker stripes, and very double...

Book  (1988)  Page(s) 41.  Includes photo(s).
 
2 photos showing a fresh bloom (with strong color) and faded blooms (lighter and striped)