Rose photo courtesy of CybeRose

Gardeners’ Chronicle (Aug 18, 1883) p. 208 ROSE QUEEN OF QUEENS.—In the illustration on the opposite page our engraver has succeeded admirably in the reproduction of one of Mr. H. FITCH'S characteristic sketches. The variety represented is the new Rose. Queen of Queens, which has been exhibited on various occasions during the present summer, and which is a continuation of the series of novelties which have been introduced by Messrs. WM. PAUL & SON, of Waltham Cross. Its position as a desirable novelty has been recognised by the award of a First-class Certificate by the Royal Botanic Society of London. It is of a somewhat different strain to the ordinary run of hybrid perpetual Roses, being a cross between a hybrid perpetual and the Maiden's Blush. The flowers are pink, edged with blush, of large size, with smooth, well-rounded petals, closely and evenly arranged from the circumference to the centre of the flower. It is distinct, very sweet, and quite a show Rose, but even of more value as a garden Rose, on account of possessing a hardy constitution, and flowering abundantly in late summer and autumn, in which quality many of the hybrid perpetual Roses are deficient.

Uploaded 7 APR 15

Rose photo courtesy of Jocelyn Janon

Photographed at la Roseraie du Val-de-Marne à l'Haÿ-les-roses, France.

Uploaded 12 MAY 22

Rose photo courtesy of AmiRoses