Book  (2012)  Page(s) 40.  
 
Rosier Belgique....3e Serie...
R. Madame hardy hardy 1831

Website/Catalog  (27 Jul 2011)  
 
Rosa ‘Madame Hardy’
Damask rose.  It has nodding, fragrant, pure white flowers, occasionally pink-tinged, and a lax habit.  Its full, quartered flowers suggest that it may be a Centifolia hybrid, and Les Plus Belles Roses au début du XXe Siécle suggests that it is a hybrid of Rosa clinophylla.  [Paul (1848, 1863, 1888, 1903), Amat].
 
Horticultural & Botanical History
Raised by Hardy at the Jardin de Luxembourg in 1832.  Rivers said of ‘Madame Hardy’, ‘a more magnificent rose does not exist, for its luxuriant habit and large and finely shaped flowers place it quite first among the white roses: its flowers are, however, too often disfigured by a green bud in the centre.’  [Rivers (1854, 1857, 1863)].
 
History at Camden Park
Arrived from Veitch’s Nursery, Chelsea on Dec, 31st, 1859 on board the ‘Hollinside’ but dead on arrival.  For more detail see Rosa ‘Ducher’.

Book  (Feb 2009)  Page(s) 20.  Includes photo(s).
 
Mme Hardy’/Rosa centifolia alba: Les rosiers de Damas – blancs et à dominante blanches. Parents non connus. Obtenteur: Hardy, 1832. Description… NB: Hardy fut le superintendant du jardin du Luxembourg, où avait été transférée, en 1813, la collection d’André Dupont, l’un des premiers collectionneurs français. Dès la fin du XVIIIème siècle, Hardy fit de nombreuses hybridations, et fut en relation avec nombre de rosiéristes. Il eut donc une certaine influence dans l’histoire des roses.

Article (magazine)  (2009)  Page(s) 31.  
 
'Félicité Hardy' (= 'Mme. Hardy')  Source RJBM [Réal Jardin Botanico Madrid] Chromosome Number 28

Book  (2003)  Page(s) 268..  
 
p69.  The flowers [of 'Botzaris'] also have a hint of a green carpel at the centre, although this is not so conspicuous as in 'Mme. Hardy'. 

p268.  Mme. Hardy. 

Book  (Aug 2002)  Page(s) 57.  
 
Mme Hardy
Rated 9.0

Article (magazine)  (2001)  Page(s) 400.  
 
Fig. 1: [Next kin: 'Bullata' and 'Petite de Hollande'. Related to the Gallica-cluster]

Book  (2001)  Page(s) 35.  
 
Félicité Hardy (Hardy, ca. 1831) syn. 'Mme. Hardy'. This is the rose much better known in modern times as 'Mme. Hardy', and as a Damask. We remember it here [among Damask Perpetuals], under its release name, with an early description, due to its being a Damask Perpetual hybrid, as we see: 'Hybrid of Portland and Damask...dedicated to Mme. Hardy. .."

Article (magazine)  (May 1999)  Page(s) 61.  Includes photo(s).

Book  (Apr 1999)  Page(s) 554.  
 
Félicité Hardy Damask. Alexandre Hardy 1832