Book  (2007)  Page(s) 337.  
 
Mrs. Francis King, HT, ly, 1934, [Lady Liford x Leonard Barron], Nicolas ... description

Book  (1958)  Page(s) 263.  
 
Mrs. Francis King. HT. (Nicolas; int. J&P, '34.) Lady Lilford X Leonard Barron. Large, dbl. (80 petals), high centered, slightly fragrant, creamy-white shaded straw-yellow; long, strong stem. Fol. leathery. Vig., bushy. (28) Pl. Pat. 253 (expired).

Book  (1944)  Page(s) 178.  
 
Rating the HT Proof of the Pudding Roses.  Mrs. Francis King.  3 years.  30 reports.  40%

Book  (1942)  Page(s) 155.  
 
Proof of the Pudding Summary.  Mrs. Francis King.  3 years reported. 30 reports.  12 for. 6 fair. 12 against. Rapidly losing favour.

Book  (1942)  Page(s) 81.  
 
Dr. A. S. Thomas.  The Best of Recent Introductions.  Mrs. Francis King (Nicholas, 1936)  one plant one year old.  Good growth.  Blooms have been disappointing so far, but I will persist, for I want a good white.

Book  (1939)  
 
p168-7  Herr Kordes.  The New Rose Situation in Germany.    Mrs. Francis King also made good.  The enormous blooms were best when the sun was on them for whole days, the color then being pure white; they looked like peonies. 

p213-3 Proof of the Pudding.  Mrs. Francis King. …..

Magazine  (1939)  Page(s) 348.  
 
...,an abundantly blooming rose with especially large blooms of reverse white, inside ivory-colouring, originated by the crossing of "Lady Lilford", a yellow variety of "Independence Day", with "Leonard Barron". The new plants belongs to the hybrid teas.

Book  (1938)  
 
p47 H. R. Darlington. Some American Roses in an English Garden. Mrs. Francis King....has proved a good grower with finely shaped, high-centered flowers which show an interesting green tinge.

p82-14    John B. Carson. Some Worth-While Roses. Mrs. Francis King. An interesting white rose. The blooms are very large, and before opening, the huge globular buds look like small tennis-balls. They measure six and a half inches in diameter.  

p102.  Mrs. Francis King, South Hartford, N.Y.:  “It seems impossible that so strong, so vigorous a figure as Dr. Nicolas has gone….The whole world of horticulture will suffer without his work and his writing.  In his roses and his books he has left a rare legacy to American gardeners.”

p166-3  Herr Kordes.  Germany Discusses Roses.  I like the very big and full bloom of Mrs. Francis King just because it does not have the fault of the foregoing rose [Matador] – it stands like a  soldier.  This color is a real white and I had blooms of it indoors as marvelous as if they were carved in ice.  Its foliage has a little mildew, but mildew is not black-spot.

p205-3  Proof of the Pudding.  Mrs. Francis King.   HT. ….

Book  (1938)  Page(s) 16.  
 
Harry Hazlewood.  The New Roses of 1938.  Mrs. Francis King.  HT (Nicolas 1936) is a good exhibition variety of 60 to 70 petals, which are normally creamy white but occasionally come pale yellow.  The growth and foliage are good.

Website/Catalog  (1938)  Page(s) 22.  
 
Mrs. Francis King  Flowers large and full.  Colour pure white with greenish yellow at base.  Free blooming.  A good garden rose.