BOURBON ROSES
Mme Isaac PereireBourbon, recurrent; Garçon, 1881
Dark raspberry; very fragrant Wayside, 2004 
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Mme Isaac Pereire was the wife of the wealthy Parisian banker who gave financial support to Félicien David (1810-1876), the principal composer for the socialist/utopian Saint-Simonian movement from the late 1840s to the early 1860s. David dedicated his oratorio “Eden” (1849) and his opera “The Sapphire” (1865) to Isaac Pereire, and his opera “Herculaneum” (1859) to Isaac and his brother Émile.
Mme Isaac Pereire Over Time
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Honorine de BrabantBourbon, recurrent; source/date unknown
Mauve/maroon stripe on pale pink; fragrant Heirloom Roses, 2005 
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"Honorine” is a relatively common, though older, first name for a French woman. Brabant, identified on maps of the 14th century, is the region in mortheast France/northwest Germany/southwest Netherlands bordered generally by the Scheltde River on the west and the Meuse River on the east. Antwerp lies in its northwest, Brussels in its middle, Liége on its east border, and Cambrai in its southwest corner.
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The Magic Flute, II,28.
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"(Die Liebe) mag den Weg mit Rosen streun, weil Rosen stets bei Dornen sein"
"(Love) may strew the path with roses, because roses always come with thorns" |
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