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Book  (1936)  Page(s) 9.  
 
L'Albane (damask) Robert & Moreau 1859; flesh-coloured.
Magazine  (1844)  Page(s) 230.  
 
Peut être ne sera-t-il pas sans intérêt, à côté de l'histoire générale, de résumer en quelques mots l'histoire de la roseraie angevine. [...]
N'oublions pas le général Delaage, auquel on doit un si grand nombre de bonnes roses, parmi les perpétuelles, principalement l'Austerlitz, l'Alban, la Rubiconde, etc.
Book  (1835)  Page(s) 24-25.  
 
Culture de M. la Général Delaage.
L'Albane (Alba). Buisson assez fort. 5 à 7 folioles ob-ovales, glauques. Bouton ovoïde, rose entre les sépales, qui sont pennées, glanduleuses et dépassant le bouton. Ovaire en massue, presque lisse. 3 à 5 fleurs de 2 po. 8 à 9 lig. de diam. [7.2 to 7.4 cm], pleines, blanches à coeur rose, de la forme approchant de celle de l'Alba celestis. Pétales échancrés, larges, diminuant en grandeur de la circonférence au centre. Première flor. 1833. Fort jolie variété que l'on classerait avec les Perpétuelles, tant elle est remontante, si elle n'avait conservé le caractère des Alba.
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