Prima Esposizione Romana

Medici Spada, 1858, Catalogo nel Giardino a Villa Quiete, p.7: Petals numerous, perfectly imbricated, with rare examples in other forms; at the periphery, smooth, rounded and imbricated like a rose; those intermediate cup-shaped, the central ones channelled, pointed, imbricated in a star shape. Outer and intermediate a lilac rose colour, while the centre is white, faintly rosy. Originated in Italy by Delgrande, Rome.