i 19 — ROSA POMPON I A De Candolle 
THE POMPON ROSE, OR ROSE DE MEAUX 
Rosa pomponia : caule brevi, erecto ; aculeis sparsis, parvis, inaequalibus ; 
foliolis 5, parvis, oblongis, breviter simpliciter serratis, modice firmis, facie glabris, 
dorso pubescentibus ; rhachi pubescente ; stipulis loage adnatis, glanduloso-ciiiatis, 
apice libero lanceolate ; floribus parvis, plenis, saepe paucis, corymbosis ; pedunculis 
dense aciculatis et setosis ; calycis tubo turbinato, dense aciculato ; lobis copiose 
pinnatifidis, apice glanduloso-ciiiatis, dorso pubescentibus ; stylis liberis, inclusis. 
R. pomponia De Candolle in Lamarck & De Candolle, FI. Frang. ed. 3, vol. iv. 
pt. 2, p. 443 (1805). — Roessig, Die Rosen, No. 37 (1802-1820). — Thory in Redoute, 
Roses, vol. i. p. 65, t. (1817). 
R. provincialis, var. Curtis in Bot. Mag . vol. xii. t. 407 (1798). 
R. provincialis Lawrance, Roses, t. 21, 31, 50 (1799). 
R. centifolia , var. minor Roessig, Die Rosen, Nos. 20, 37 (1802-1820). 
R. burgundiaca Persoon, Syn. vol. ii. p. 48 (1807). 
R. centifolia , var. pomponia Lindley, Ros. Monogr. No. 40, p. 64 (1820). — Nouv. 
Duhamel, vol. vii. p. 37, t. 15, fig. 2 (1819). 
R. gallica, var. pomponia Rehder in Bailey, CycL Am. Hort. p. 1 55 2 ( I 9° 2 )- 
Stem dwarf, erect ; prickles small, scattered, unequal. Leaflets 5, small, 
oblong, shallowly simply toothed, moderately firm, glabrous on the upper surface, 
pubescent beneath ; petioles pubescent ; stipules adnate, gland-ciliated, with small 
free lanceolate points. Flowers often more than one, double, bright red, an inch 
in diameter ; peduncles long, densely aciculate and setose. Calyx-tube turbinate, 
densely aciculate ; lobes copiously compound, pubescent on the back, with a 
produced leafy gland-ciliated point. Styles free, included. Fruit not seen. 
The Pompon Rose is generally supposed to be a diminutive form 
of Rosa centifolia L. It somewhat resembles the Burgundy Rose, 
but Lindley protests against their being confounded. It is smaller in 
all its parts, its sepals are compound, and it differs also in colour. The 
outer petals are pale pink ; those of the inner rows gradually become 
deeper in tone and bright pink in the centre of the flowers. This 
gives the Rose a unique and distinct appearance. Curtis described 
it as “ superlatively beautiful.” It is not mentioned by Linnaeus, by 
Miller, or by any of the pre-Linnaean botanists. That it is an old 
inhabitant of French gardens we know from the allusions to it in 
contemporary writers and from its inclusion in lists of plants then 
grown. It was not known in this country until later. 
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