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Book  (2012)  Page(s) 59.  
 
Rosiers du Bengale...1ère Serie....
B. Le Courtisan id [Hardy]
Magazine  (1940)  Page(s) vol 20, p. 450.  
 
China Roses
W. L. Carter
Lesmesle belongs to a China type of which there are recorded other varieties whose colour changes were even more startling. Examples of these include Laffay's Courtesan, a pure white changing to fiery red; Prevost's Camellia, pale rose passing to cerise; and Louis Noisette's Bengale à grandes feuilles, whose double blooms opened a delicate rose, changed to carmine, and ended bright purple.
Book  (1936)  Page(s) 178.  
 
Courtisane, Belle (Bengale) Laffay before 1836; flesh-white, aging to pink to red, small, double.
Book  (1906)  Page(s) 41.  
 
2.697. Courtisan, Bengale, Laffay, blanc puis rouge
Book  (1848)  Page(s) 74.  
 
Hybrid Chinese.
19. Belle Courtisane; flowers flesh, their circumference blush, of medium size, full; form, compact. Habit, erect; growth, vigorous.
Website/Catalog  (1844)  Page(s) 5.  
 
ALBA.
Alba la belle courtisane.
Book  (1842)  Page(s) 70.  
 
ROSA.
Hybrides de Bengales.
belle courtisane.
Magazine  (1842)  Page(s) Vol. 2, n.17, p. 303.  
 
Exposition Spéciale des Roses et le Bazar horticole de la Fête-Dieu 1842 [May 27 - June 3] ... M. Vibert, route de Paris, à Angers...
Hybrides de Bengale. à fleur blanche. Alphonse Maille. Alzire. à pétales frangés. Assuérus. Auzou. Becquet. belle courtisane. belle de Rosny. belle d'Yvrée. bonne Geneviève. Brennus. coupe d'Hébé. docteur Guépin. docteur Billard. duchesse de Montebello. duchesse de Richelieu. Fabvier. gloire des Hellènes. Grilony. Iolande. Kléber. Lady Stuart. la grandeur. Lamarque. la Nubienne. Larochefoucault. lord Nelson. maréchal Mortier. Maubach. Parny. Poncey. Sandeur. Thurette. triomphe de la queue. Vandaël. violette de Belgique. violette sans aiguillons. deux semis. (1842.)
Website/Catalog  (1841)  Page(s) 18.  
 
Hybrides de Bengales.
308 Belle courtisane. moyenne, pleine, rose tendre...2 fr. 
Book  (1838)  Page(s) 143.  
 
Rosier du Bengale, ou Rosier toujours fleurissant (R. semperflorens).
Fleurs Blanches.
Le Courtisan, fleurs doubles, moyennes et d'un blanc pur.
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