Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 630.  
 
Walter Bentley Hybrid Tea, coppery orange shaded pink, 1938, 'Mrs. Sam McGredy' x 'Dame Edith Helen'; Robinson, H. Description.

Website/Catalog  (1945)  Page(s) 23.  
 
'Walter Bentley'. Extra large, Shapely blooms of coppery orange pink, of high exhibition value. It is said to be a cross between Mrs. S. McGredy' and 'Dame Edith Helen'. The growth is vigorous and much stronger than 'Mrs. S. McGredy'.

Book  (1943)  
 
p80. Dr. A. S. Thomas.  An Exhibitor's Opinion.
Walter Bentley: Wonderful size. Good colour when it comes true, but it is very apt to blue. Form marvellous at its best, but too frequently has split centres or ragged outer petals, Good growth, but it is very prone to constitutional die-back. I have had four plants four years and have never staged a bloom. Not staying.   Would probably do better in hot, dry climates with less wind...

p90.  Mr. C. C. Wilson, Moree NSW.
Walter Bentley: Glorious bloom, but very straggly in growth. It looks a real Pernetiana type of bush to me. Pity it did not grow more robust and better.

Book  (1943)  Page(s) 259.  Includes photo(s).
 
A Glossary of Roses
Walter Bentley (Hybrid Tea) is a remarkable rose. It can, and does produce very large, perfectly-shaped double flowers with beautifully reflexed petals of deep carmine-pink, flushed, at times, with coppery-orange. It is, at times, apt to quarter, and seems to be variable in its growth, ranging from vigoros to weak, but it seems to be destined to be a rose particularly for the expert. Foliage is glossy dark green.
Robinson 1938. Deciduous, Medium Growth, Fragrant... Purpose: Exhibition, Garden, Pots; Months of flowering: June-September. Hardy.

Book  (1942)  Page(s) 80.  
 
p80.  Dr. A. S. Thomas.  Victoria.  The Best of Recent Introductions
Walter Bentley (Robinson, 1938), one plant three years old and six plants two years old: A few excellent autumn specimens, but though a very free bloomer they rarely reach real show standard. Useless in spring. A low, flat grower. Very difficult to handle because of its tendency to die-back. In pruning I do not dare cut away more than the mere tips of branches and the dead wood. Soft pithy wood, so typical of the Pernetianas. It keeps me hoping, but I am almost always disappointed.

p86.  Mr. T. G. Stewart, of Box Hill, Vic.
Walter Bentley has slipped back somewhat in my opinion. The growth could be better and too many blooms come a pucy-pink colour. When true colour the bloom is excellent.

Book  (1941)  Page(s) 78.  
 
John Poulsen, NZ.  South Island Roses
Walter Bentley, poor in the early part of the season, gave splendid blooms in the autumn, when it appeared to be an altogether different Rose. The colouring and shape of the blooms were most beautiful, but I still think that the foliage is weak, and there is a decided tendency to mildew.

Book  (1940)  
 
p91.  John Poulsen, NZ. South Island Roses
Walter Bentley. Moderate growth, but has produced some large and very shapely blooms which will delight the grower of exhibition roses.  The foliage seems weak.

p118.  Mr. T. G. Stewart.  The 1940 Novelties.
Walter Bentley. One of the best exhibition Roses introduced in recent years. Growth good, but not vigorous. Very variable in colour.

p128.  Mr B. Rowlands, Vic.  New Varieties Proving Satisfactory.
Walter Bentley.-Growth, though not vigorous, has been satisfactory. Large blooms of good form, except that the outer petals often droop. The coppery orange colour in the catalogue description has not shown up yet; with me it is a light pink, about the shade of inner side of petals of President Macia. A peculiarity of the flower is that the colour does not show to any extent until the bloom begins to unfold the petals. 

Website/Catalog  (1940)  Page(s) 25.  
 
New Roses 1939. Walter Bentley  (Pernt. Robinson 1938) 3.  Extra large, shapely blooms of coppery orange pink and evidently a seedling or sport of 'Mrs. Sam McGredy'.  If this variety does not develop any weakness of growth it should be a wonderful addition to the exhibition list.  A.H.M.Mts.P.

Magazine  (1939)  Includes photo(s).
 
Walter Bentley

Book  (1939)  
 
p20.  Harry H. Hazlewood.  The New Roses of 1939. 
Some hesitancy is felt in placing Walter Bentley, Pernt. (Robinson, 1938) in fourth place, as it is obviously a seedling or sport of 'Mrs. Sam McGredy'. Visitors to English shows were unanimous as to the enormous size of the blooms exhibited. The colour is not particularly attractive so far, but form and size are unquestioned. Growth still remains to be tested, and it is to be hoped the variety will not die back in the reprehensible Pernetiana fashion. The colour plate and the flowers as they bloomed here do not justfy the raiser's description of "coppery orange"; coppery carmine would be more appropriate.

p35.  Frank Moore, Rose Echoes From the Homeland
A new hybrid from Mrs. Sam McGredy and Dame Edith Helen has come into commerce this season, with claims sensational even in these days when most goslings are described as swans. The colour is much the same as the Irish Rose, but the size of the flowers shown in the autumn exhibition was so great as to cause a rubbing of the eyes. They were far larger than anything I have ever seen grown either in the open or under glass. Their form was good and the wood and leaf proportionately supernatural. Rosarians scrambling for the opportunity to buy half a dozen plants might have been mistaken for starving men in a bread queue. However, a gentle warning, friends. A small bird has told me that Walter* is not a good "doer"; in fact, the bird was quite emphatic about it. Will someone of you write and tell me how the Rose behaves himself with you?
[editor: *Walter Bentley]