Book  (2000)  Page(s) 112.  
 
‘Bérénice’ = Gallique. Voir ref Botanica's Roses. Vibert, France, 1818.

Book  (Apr 1999)  Page(s) 36.  
 
Bérénice Gallica. Vibert 1818. The author cites information from different sources... Rose-red...

Book  (Mar 1999)  Page(s) 38.  
 
Vibert, France, 1818. Description.

Book  (Dec 1998)  Page(s) 112.  
 
Bérénice Gallica. Vibert (France) 1818. Description... The rich crimson-purple blooms of this rose fade to magenta with a dark veining, or in full sun they fade to mauve... in autumn there is a good crop of hips... 'Bérénice' was a famous tragedy by French playwright Racine...

Book  (Jul 1998)  Page(s) 137-138.  
 
BÉRÉNICE. Vibert, 1818. Habit: upright shrub; no prickles, only tiny bristles. Foliage: quite dark green, small thick elliptical leaflets. abundant flowering; solitary or in clusters of 2 to 4; double, cupped-to-flat; some hardly visible stamens. Colour: deep pink centre, lighter on the edges (sometimes one or two quarters are light, the others deep pink), passes to carmine pink, fading to more violety. Fragrance: Weak.
This roses is so particular that it changes its aspect totally the more it ages and fades. On the same bush, one can have blooms so different from one another that they give the impression of not belonging to the same variety. When the bloom ages it is uniformly purple-pink; then it becomes violet-pink at the centre, almost white on the edges; finally, when it fades, its petals become violety.
..In his catalogue of Luxembourg, Hardy mentions in 1852-1860 a "Bérénice", also a Gallica, bred ny Miellez....

Book  (1997)  Page(s) 140.  
 
Vibert (France) 1818. Description and vital statistics. A very old cultivar seldom seen these days.

Article (newsletter)  (1996)  Page(s) 48.  
 
In the Rosetum Gallicum (1828), Desportes printed a list of all roses known at that period in France. Out of 2562 varieties listed, 1213 are Gallicas. Of these, Desportes gives no information about 332 of them, except their names. Of the rest 316 came from the Low Countries. The remaining 565 were bred by French raisers, of whom two stand head and shoulders above the rest: Vibert (97 varieties) and Miellez (212 varieties). These two bred over half the Gallicas produced during the Restoration. About a dozen of Vibert's Gallicas produced before 1828 are still with us. This is one of them.

Book  (Nov 1994)  Page(s) 30.  
 
Vibert, France, 1818. Large blooms, reminiscent of 'Belle de Crécy'

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 46.  
 
Gallica (OGR), red blend, 1818, Vibert. Flowers rose and crimson, shaded with slate, full globular, large; pendulous habit.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 69.  
 
Bérénice (Provins) Vibert 1818; pink to carmine, marbled and shaded slaty, large, double, globular, drooping, floriferous, growth 7/10.