Book  (2006)  Page(s) 76.  
 
Modest flowers of exceptional form, with many petals, cupped in a regular form, deep pomegranate red with crimson shadings; in cool weather this rose can be very dark. Its canes are soft and smooth with few thorns. May be identical to Empereur de Maroc.

Book  (Dec 2000)  Page(s) 534.  
 
Souvenir d'Alphonse Lavallée Hybrid Perpetual. Charles Verdier (younger son of Victor Verdier) (1821-1893) (Paris, France) 1884

Book  (Dec 1998)  Page(s) 558.  Includes photo(s).
 
Souvenir d'Alphonse Lavallée Hybrid Perpetual. Verdier (France) 1884... dark velvety crimson to maroon flowers... Alphonse Lavallée was an amateur dendrologist and one-time President of the French National Horticultural Society. He died in 1884.

Book  (Dec 1993)  Page(s) 106.  
 
[Under the entry for Souvenir du Docteur Jamain:]
it has for some years also been on sale under the name of 'Souvenir d'Alphonse Lavallée', though it is impossible to see any difference between the two...

Book  (Jun 1992)  Page(s) 146.  
 
Souvenir d'Alphonse Lavallé Hybrid Perpetual. C. Verdier 1884... dark grenadine maroon... Lavalè (Alphonse). -- Amateur, well-known dendrologist, who died in 1884 at Segrez (Seine-et-Oise) at the age of 51. Created the 'Arboretum Segrezianum,' now gone, where he brought together 4,500 species. Member of the Academy of Agriculture and President of the National Horticultural Society of France... [Author cites information from different sources.]

Book  (May 1992)  Page(s) 364.  
 
Souvenir d'Alphonse Lavallée Hybrid Perpetual. Verdier (France) 1884... combining several shades of crimson and purple... Best grown as a small climber. More thorny than '[Souvenir du Docteur] Jamain'...

Book  (1986)  Page(s) 109.  Includes photo(s).
 
Souvenir d'Alphonse Lavallée
Hybrid Perpetual (1884)
... shadings of purple and crimson... strong fragrance.

Website/Catalog  (1986)  Page(s) 39.  
 
Souvenir d'Alphonse Lavallée....Cg. 

Website/Catalog  (1982)  Page(s) 38.  
 
Souvenir d’Alphonse Lavalee (Hybrid Perpetual) A lovely double flower combining many shades of crimson tp purple maroon. Scented. Inclined to wander if not tethered to a good stake or tripod. 1884 (R) 7 x 7‘.

Website/Catalog  (1976)  Page(s) 19.  
 
SOUVENIR D'ALPHONSE LAVALLEE (Ch. Verdier 1884). Groseille marron.