Book  (3 Jan 2001)  Page(s) 41.  
 
Belle Africaine [Jean-Pierre Vibert wrote in 1824] 'Belle Africaine'... one of the darkest [roses], has several timesgiven me some blossoms of light purple...

Book  (Jul 1998)  Page(s) 306.  
 
Africaine Gallica. Stegerhock. Included in the collection of the Luxembourg Garden around 1852-1860.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 4.  
 
Africaine (Provins) in Holland ? ; blackish purple
Africaine, Belle (Provins) Vibert before 1836; velvety blackish purple with violet, center cherry, silvery highlights, 5 cm, very double, rounded, regular, fragrance 3/10.

Book  (1899)  Page(s) 4.  
 
Africaine, Provins, (Holl.), pourpre noirâtre

Magazine  (2 Dec 1858)  Page(s) 380.  
 
Besides the officinal semi-double Rosa officinalis, which is still cultivated in Provins and which is said to distinguish itself by a very agreeable fragrance, there are 3 other main groups [of Rosa gallica]:
a) Seraglio or Sultan Roses (Rosa Maheka)....[see]
b) Velvet Roses (Rosa holosericea), also dark red, often tending to violet and with a velvety sheen. The most beautiful are: Belle Africaine, Brillante d'Enghien, Friedrich Wilhelm IV., La Nubienne (Gloire des Hellènes), Le Negre, Tombeau de Napoléon, Triomphe de Velours, Velours superbe and violet.
c) Bishop roses....[see]

Book  (1844)  Page(s) 49.  
 
Africaine ('Belle Africaine') Gallica... one of the very darkest... nearer black than any other, but soon fades to dark crimson...

Magazine  (1842)  Page(s) 97.  
 
EXPOSITION de 1842. Liste des Exposans et des Objets exposés, du 29 mai au 2 juin, dans l'Orangerie du Jardin des Plantes d'Orléans.
Mad. veuve LEVACHER-BRUZEAU et Fils, Horticulteurs à Orléans, maison de Lièvre d'or. Rosiers.
383 Belle africaine.

Book  (1842)  Page(s) 273.  
 
R. gallica....Varieties....with carmine-red, purple-red and red blooms...Belle Africaine, dark purple-red

Website/Catalog  (1831)  Page(s) 48.  
 
Roses de Provins et Hybrides.
751 Belle Africaine...Fleur moyenne, rose foncé.

Website/Catalog  (1830)  Page(s) 14.  
 
ROSA gallica.
Fleurs pourpres.
—belle Africaine...1 50 fr.