Website/Catalog  (1929)  Page(s) 36.  
 
China or Bengal Roses
These are everblooming Roses of most profuse habit, although their flowers are not as large or of such shape and substance as the Hybrid Teas. They are excellent sorts for massing or edging, for which purpose they are only rivaled by the Polyanthas. Their wood is slender, their foliage small, and they are continually in bloom.
Fabvier. (Laffay, 1832.) Bright crimson, semi-double flowers, with a few white lines on the petals. Very vigorous and continuously in bloom.
The brightest of all Chinas, and highly regarded for its brilliant mass of color. It is sometimes a little slow to become established but makes a brighter bed than any Polyantha.

Book  (1926)  Page(s) 58.  
 
'Cramoisi Superieur' (China-Coquereau, 1832): a fine dark-red China of the best type, hardy, and has grown well for me; fine for buttonholes. It is sometimes called Agrippina. Similar to it is Fabvier (Laffay, 1832), which is lighter and more dazzling red; attractive and desirable

Website/Catalog  (1921)  Page(s) 15.  
 
Roses.
Fabvier, dazzling crimson; class: China; habit of growth: vigorous.

Book  (1921)  Page(s) 109.  
 
China Roses
The following are some of the best of these dainty and prolific roses:
Fabvier. Crimson, with white centre.

Book  (1920)  Page(s) 315.  
 
Fabvier (China) Laffay, 1832.- Bright crimson, with white centre.- Dwarf.- Garden, bedding.- The best crimson China.- Continuous blooming.- (Prune sparingly.)

Website/Catalog  (1914)  Page(s) 37.  
 
China Roses.
Pruning. — [No pruning necessary except to remove the past season's flower stems.]
Fabvier... Laffay, vigorous. Dazzling crimson, the finest of its colour; excellent for bedding.

Book  (1912)  Page(s) 69.  
 
H. R. Darlington. Bedding Roses. 'Fabvier' China (Laffay, 1832). This little Rose has small dark green foliage and an erect yet compact habit of growth. My first flowers were cut on the 2nd of June, and thence onwards it flowers freely and fairly continuously, even after the frost comes. The flowers are of medium or rather small size for a China, and of an excellent colour—light crimson to crimson scarlet, with a well marked white eye. They have little beauty of form, but produce a good effect in the bed, though the petals are rather thin. To get a good effect from the bed the plants should be placed close together, 10-in. to 1-ft. apart will do. Fifty years ago Shirley Hibberd noticed the value of this little Rose and 'Cramoisie Supérieure' for planting in beds, and he adds that the bronzy colour of the foliage does not associate well in the same bed with Roses having greener leaves. Its fragrance is not its strong point, in fact several of my friends have failed to notice any, but it has a sweet and clean little perfume, and is quite free from disease. In fact this and the next Rose on my list are the only Roses of which my friends are all of one mind as to their disease-resisting qualities.
It is some 80 years since 'Fabvier' was introduced into commerce and yet it is still one of the best of the crimson Chinas for bedding. Perhaps it is not so showy in the autumn garden as 'Charlotte Klemm', yet its more compact and erect habit of growth is in its favour. Its strong points are its good constitution, compact habit, profusion of flowers and length of flowering period, and it possesses the further merit of standing wet weather well. None of my friends has found a weak point, if it has one it must be that which is common to its class, namely, want of form in the flowers. 'Fabvier' is a Rose that will grow in both heavy and light soils, but is inclined to resent too hard pruning. In fact the removal of the old flower stalks and dead and sappy wood, of which there is not often much to be found, is generally all that is required. Mr. Easlea tells me of a bed of 'Fabvier' he saw last October growing on a spacious lawn in an Essex garden, with large conifers in the distance. The bushes ware over 5-ft. high and had been practically unpruned for some years. “The effect,” he says, “was superb, and an illustration both of the value of this Rose as a bold bedder and of the wisdom of not pruning such grand decorative varieties.” He considers that, next to the old Pink China, 'Fabvier' is the very best of the tribe, and several of my correspondents agree in this opinion.

Website/Catalog  (1912)  Page(s) 22.  
 
China Roses. (Rosa indica).
Fabvier, dazzling crimson, white centre, fine for beds

Magazine  (1 Aug 1908)  Page(s) 328.  
 
Correspondence.
[reply to X.Y.Z., Cheshire] Hedge of Roses by croquet-lawn. – China Roses would be excellent for your hedge. Plant either all one sort or several. The following are all good: Armosa, Fellenberg, Mme. Laurette Messimy, Jean Bach Sisley, Common Blush, Queen Mab, Comtesse de Cayla, Fabvier, Baronne Piston de St. Cyr. Polyantha Roses also make beautiful hedges; sorts such as Perle d'Or, Katherina Zeimet, Aschenbrodel, Cecile Brunner are good, but the Chinas would be best. Other good Roses for the purpose are: Perpetual Thalia, Gloire des Rosomanes, Alister Stella Gray, and Gruss an Teplitz; but these would grow some 4 feet to 5 feet in height, whereas the Chinas would be about 3 feet.

Book  (1906)  Page(s) 36.  
 
2.352. Colonel Fabvier, Hybride de Bengale, Laffay 1832 rose très vif