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'Alba plena' rose References
Book  (1872)  Page(s) 187.  
 
Rosa sempervirens.
The Evergreen Rose.
1. Alba plena; flowers pure white, full.
Book  (1858)  Page(s) 309.  
 
Sempervirens. Alba plena, double, white.
Book  (1849)  Page(s) 33, supplement.  
 
Descriptive List of Roses.
List of roses that bloom only once in the season.
Climbing Roses. Sempervirens, or Evergreen Roses.
1899 Plena, Major, Double White Noisette...Pure white, very double.
Book  (1844)  Page(s) 16-17.  
 
Sempervirens Pleno, a pure white, is our oldest variety, perfectly double, and a very desirable rose; it is the parent of Noisette Aimée Vibert, an association which will long preserve it from oblivion.
Magazine  (1839)  Page(s) 56.  
 
Rosa sempervirens pleine
Book  (1839)  Page(s) 87.  
 
Once-blooming climbers. (r) Sempervirens pleno alba, pure white, flowers perfectly double and profuse; the strong shoots of last year will produce a large cluster of flowers almost from every eye; this Rose is termed evergreen in Europa, but with us is perfectly deciduous; although in our southern states it retains its foliage during winter.
Website/Catalog  (1838)  Page(s) 2644.  
 
Rosa sempervirens,
plèno Willd., fleur pleine, blanc pur...2 Fr.
Book  (1838)  Page(s) 386.  
 
Double Large Evergreen Rose. Branches, sarmentous; armed with thorns, intersped with glandulous hairs. Flowers, middle-sized; white, very double, numerous, fragrant. Styles, detached.
Book  (1837)  Page(s) Sect. III, p. 26.  
 
Sempervirens. Alba plena, very beautiful, little fragrance. White, 1 1/2 in., double, cluster-flowered. It is risky to leave this rose outside uncovered in winter.

Sempervirens. Grandiflora alba, very beautiful, little fragrance. White, 2 1/2 in., double.
Book  (1837)  Page(s) 48.  
 
Sempervirens. Plena is also known as Sempervirens major [double], and as the Double White Noisette. This is our oldest double variety, and a very good one.
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