Newsletter  (Feb 2010)  Page(s) 39.  
 
Major Chemical Compounds (%) responsible for fragrance in Selected Cultivars....
Rosa muscosa purpurea  Phenylethanol 29.9; Geraniol 20.6

Book  (1935)  Page(s) 52.  
 
Old Red Moss is a very peculiar mossy rose, blooming here in 1934 for the first time. The plant came from the old Franklin Davis Nursery as a gift. The moss is dense, very sharp and bristly, with much red in the coloring, appearing on calyx, sepals and flower-stem, but not on the foliage. The full bloom lies out flat or expanded, and the soft petals are of a deep carmine-red with a paler reverse color. If this rose had larger, handsomer foliage, we might think it was Tinwell's or Damask Moss, the fragrance of this old red Moss being of the sweetness of the Damascena rather than the Centifolia.

Website/Catalog  (1929)  Page(s) 68.  
 
Moss Roses
All Moss Roses are 75 cts. each, $6.50 for 10, for strong, field-grown plants
Moss Roses are forms of the Cabbage Roses which bear a crown of lacy moss upon the stems and sepals. They are exquisitely lovely in bud. Absolutely hardy. They should be given good soil and careful attention to bring out their best qualities, but they live and produce fair blooms when completely neglected.
Red Moss. Both buds and flowers heavily shadowed by rich, green moss. Flowers large and red, of more than ordinary beauty. Grows well.

Website/Catalog  (1851)  
 
59. Red Moss

Magazine  (1851)  Page(s) 188.  
 
ORIGIN OF SEVERAL VARIETIES OF MOSS ROSES. Ny Mr. H. SHAILER, CHAPEL NURSERY, BATTERSEA FIELDS, LONDON.
On the first introduction of the old red moss rose, in or about the year 1735, it was sent over with some plants of orange trees, from the ltalian States, to Mr. Wrench, then a nurseryman and gardener, at Broomhouse, Fulham, the same land being now in the occupation of the descendants of that family, the Messrs. Fitch, extensive market gardeners, &c. It remained in that family nearly twenty years, without being much noticed or circulated, until a nurseryman, named Grey, of the Fulham nursery, now Messrs. Osborn's, brought it into note.

Book  (1848)  Page(s) Div. II, p. 33.  
 
What will such say to a pillar formed with the old Red Moss reaching to the height of 15 feet? That such an one exists I can confidently assert; for I measured the plant last autumn in company with the owner, who assured me he could have trained it higher, but that he was unable to obtain poles to support it. It cannot be said that the pillar is well furnished with branches the whole height, but I feel confident that many varieties will form handsome, well-furnished pillars six or eight feet high.

Book  (1848)  Page(s) Div. II, p. 35.  
 
Moss Roses...Common, or Old; flowers pale rose, very alrge and full, well mossed; form, globular. Growth, vigorous; foliage, fine. One of the most beautiful. Thrives well as a Standard.

Magazine  (1839)  
 
I should not have given credit to what has been stated respecting the origin of the white moss ; but from the information I have obtained, I fully believe it was procured by a sported shoot of the old red moss.

Website/Catalog  (1818)  Page(s) 72.  
 
ROSA muscosa flore rubro pleno... [classe de Linnée] 12... [pays] Sud-Europe... [nature] ligneux... [sol] 1/3 terre franche, 2/3 terre de bruyère... [temperature] pleine terre... [multiplication] marcottes, greffes par approche.