ROSA POMPONIA 
The first mention of it appears to be in Aiton’s Hortus Kewensis, 
where he includes the Rose de Meaux under his eleven varieties of 
Rosa provincialis } All these varieties were drawn by Miss Lawrance 
and included in her Roses. 
Roessig’s plate 20 is the larger variety, which he calls Rosa 
centifolia minor'. His plate 37 gives a very good idea of the smaller 
form under the name Rosa pomponia. Redoute’s plate of Rosa 
pomponia is a most accurate representation of this lovely little Rose. 
De Pronville 2 considers it a synonym of Rosa remensis Hort. Paris, 
Rose de M eaux or Rosa provincialis , var. Rose de Meaux. Mrs. Gore 3 
classes it under the Burgundy Pompons, of which she gives seven 
names, including the Rose de Meaux. The origin of the name 
de Meaux can only be conjectured ; but it seems probable that it 
may have come from the flower-loving Bishop of Meaux, Domenique 
Seguier, who devoted so much care and thought to his garden. He 
was a patron of horticulture, and was above all interested in Roses, 
of which he had eighteen kinds. He was Bishop of Auxerre from 
1631 to 1637, when he was translated to the see of Meaux. 4 
Cochet gives Sweet, 1814, as the introducer of the Rose de 
Meaux ; this, of course, is an error. 
The same cultural comments apply to this as to the Fairy Rose ; 
both require much the same treatment to ensure successful results — 
a well-chosen, sunny, open position, and fairly light soil. The old 
wood should be thinned out after the plant has flowered, and during 
a dry season the plants should be occasionally watered. 
1 Vol. iii. p. 261 (1811). 3 Rose Fancier's Manual, p. 189 (1838). 
2 Nomenclature, p 47 (1818). * Histoire d' Auxerre, vol. i. p. 649. 
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