ROSA PARVI FOLIA 
of De Candolle’s Flore Francaise is described under that name on 
p. 353 of the present book. Thory in Les Roses gives separate 
drawings and descriptions of two Roses which he calls Pomponia. 
Plate 65 (vol. i.) is the true Rosa pomponia of De Candolle, the Rose 
de Meaux. Plate 107 (vol. iii.) is th e Burgundy Rose, De Candolle’s 
Rosa remensis. There is no doubt as to the identity of these two 
drawings ; it is only in the allocation of the popular synonyms that 
Thory has gone astray. He admits that his Rosa pomponia ( remensis ) 
has been confused in gardens with the Pompon de Bordeaux, but does 
not say to which Rose he considers the name Pompon de Bordeattx 
should belong. H e gives five popular names of Rosa pomponia 
( remensis ) ; le Petit Saint Francois , le Pompon de Reims , le Rosier de 
Meaux , le Petit Brovins violet \ le Rosier de Champagne . The name 
Rose de Meaux should be applied exclusively to Rosa pomponia DC., 
and burgundiaca should be reserved for the present Rose. 
As the Burgundy Rose it is figured by Miss Lawrance , 1 and it is 
evident that she had the right Rose before her. Roessig has a fairly 
characteristic drawing of Rosa Burgundiaca , but in his observations 
he is evidently a little uncertain about its affinity with other Pompon 
Roses, and from his referring to a larger and a smaller variety it would 
seem that he had the Rose de Meaux also in his mind. Andrews 2 
gives a sufficiently accurate plate of a Rosa parvifolia from Whitley 
and Brame’s nursery, and in his description he very aptly likens the 
form of the flower to a Ranunculus. 
Some writers have considered the Pompon Roses sufficiently 
distinct to be placed in a separate section, including, however, only 
such of these Roses as possess some affinities either with Rosa 
centifolia L. or with Rosa gallica L. It is principally among the 
earlier nurserymen’s catalogues that we find this arrangement. 
Mrs. Gore 3 makes her Section V. of Centifolia consist of Pompon 
Roses, of which she enumerates twenty-eight, giving the usual 
Pompon names and describing several of the Roses. Rivers 4 refers 
to the Burgundy Rose as holding the same place among the gallicas 
as the Rose de Meaux does among the Provence Roses. Lindley 5 
does not give a plate, but he evidently knew Rosa parvifolia well, and 
distinguished it as clearly from centifolia as from gallica ; he was 
confirmed in his opinion by the accurate and observant Ehrhart. 
Seringe 6 includes it under his Decade IIP, Rosa gallica. He 
observes that the more he examines this Rose the more convinced 
he becomes that it is but a variety of Rosa gallica , which it closely 
resembles in time of flowering, general appearance, and habit, and 
also in the more minute particulars of leaves, buds, and stipules. He 
1 Roses, t. 44 (1799). 
3 Roses, vol. i. t. 56 (1805). 
3 Rose Fancier s Manual, p. 187 (1838). 
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4 Rose Amateur's Guide, ed. 11, p. 25 (1877), 
5 Ros. Monogr. p. 71 (1820). 
6 Melanges, p. 27 (1818). 
