Book  (Mar 1999)  Page(s) 99.  
 
Séquier [#2] Gallica. Robert (France) Mid-size, full, violet-purple blooms, spotted with light crimson, on a shrub of medium growth.

Book  (Jul 1998)  Page(s) 292-293.  
 
SÉGUIER Robert (?), 1853 (?). ...the breeder and year bred of this variety is based on information of the rosaries of L'Haÿ and Sangerhausen...and the Nomenclature of Simon and Cochet (1906), as well as various catalogues of the end of the XIXth century and early XXth century. In any case, the origin of this variety seems subject to caution....The catalogues of Moreau-Robert describe "Seguier" as...."6 to 7 cm, full, slaty purple, amaranth, more vivid at the centre, spotted with red and violet". It is thus possible that Robert, in 1853, has taken up [the name of an earlier rose by Vibert] to name a new variety he has bred. ...Although the descriptions speak of a "Full" rose, the specimen at L'Haÿ is not that at all. The uncertainty is complete: for this reason we do not propose any description.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 657.  
 
Séguier (Provins) Robert 1853; violet-purple, spotted white, slaty shading, medium size, double, once-blooming

Book  (1906)  Page(s) 152.  
 
9.814. Séguier, Provins, Robert 1853 pourpre violet

Book  (1902)  Page(s) 103.  
 
[Among the roses grown at L'Haÿ in 1902.] Gallica. No. 3051 (Robert 1853) pourpre violet

Book  (1889)  Page(s) 122.  
 
French Roses, striped and marbled...
51 Séguier (Robert 1854). Medium size, double, violet-red, spotted with white

Book  (1858)  Page(s) 222.  
 
Rosa gallica.
Seguier (Robert, 1854), Blumen groß,voll, purpurschieferfarbig mit Amaranth, lebhafter im Centrum, mit roth und Violet punktirt, von sehr schönem Bau; sehr starkwüchsig.

Translation: Rosa gallica.
Seguier (Robert, 1854), the large, full, finely formed flowers are a purplish slate with Amaranth with brighter centers and speckled with red and violet; a robust-growing plant.

Magazine  (1 Mar 1855)  Page(s) 53.  
 
Roses Nouvelles de 1852 à 1854 ....  Provins.
Séguier (Robert), fleur pleine, de 6 à 7 centimètres, pourpre ardoisé amaranthe, plus vif au centre, ponctué de rouge et de violet.

Magazine  (1855)  Page(s) vol. 5, n.39, p. 33.  
 
Cultures de 1854 ... Cultures de M. ROBERT, horticulteur, successeur de M. VIBERT, près le Mail, à Angers....
Provins à fleurs striées, marbrées et ponctuées ... Séguier, 6 à 7 cent., pleine, pourpre ardoisé, amarante, plus vif au centre, ponctuée de rouge et violet, belle forme, vigoureuse (1854).