Book  (2016)  Page(s) 5.  Includes photo(s).
 
‘Alba Odorata’…..This variety is thought by some authorities to be synonymous with ‘Marie Leonida’, which it closely resembles

Article (misc)  (1954)  Page(s) 53.  
 
Marie Leonida 14 chromosomes.

Website/Catalog  (1948)  Page(s) 17.  
 
Marie Leonida. Bracteata Hybrid, early 19th Century. Nature has given this tall, bushy plant, the handsomest, most luxuriant foliage of any rose we know. Try hard as she does all season, however, Leonida seems unable, in this climate, to open its full white buds to anything near perfection. We hope some of our friends in the warm, inland valleys will give her a place in the sun, as surely that wonderful foliage deserves a chance to prove itself....

Book  (1937)  Page(s) 74.  
 
Maria Leonida (bracteata x laevigata)

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 455.  
 
Maria Leonida (bracteata) Lemoyne 1829; R. bract. wendl. (R. Macartney) X R. mosch. X R. indica odorata (chance seedling); yellowish white, center whitish pink, medium size, double, continuous bloom until winter. Originated in the Botanical Garden of Nantes.

Article (misc)  (1935)  Page(s) 103.  
 
Maria Leonida is an ancestor, or at least some relation, of 'Mermaid'; it is a tender rose, but stands one of our [Texan] normal winters without freezing back at all. The fragrance is often greater than that of 'Mermaid', and it has the most beautiful foliage imaginable, with semi-double blooms scattered throughout the season. I would advise a fifty-foot space for this rose, as it grows out of all reason...

Book  (1912)  Page(s) 246.  
 
Maria Leonida Evergreen foliage. Large, double, creamy white roses. Iron-clad south of Washington City. Blooms without cessation from spring to late autumn. Very strong growth. Climbs and spread rapidly. The branches are heavy and thickly beset with sharp prickles. As very fine rose for hedges, pergolas, windbreaks; for covering bold promontories is conspicuous and handsome. Exceedingly long-lived. Climbing habit.

Magazine  (15 Jul 1911)  Page(s) 338.  
 
The Parentage of Roses.
The following list of the world's Roses and their parentage has been compiled by Mr. Robert Daniel, 38 Russell Road. Fishponds, Bristol, and by his kind permission we are enabled to publish it...
Marie Leonida... Hybrid Species, Lemoine, 1829, R. bracteata X R. moschata X R. indica

Magazine  (Jun 1907)  Page(s) 237.  
 
En 1832, la Revue horticole signale un Rosier hybride de Portland et de Damas, sous le nom de Félicité Hardy, neuf hybrides de Bengale et un hybride de Provins nommé Elvina. Dans le même recueil et à la même date, figure la Rose Maria Leonida (Hyb. de R. bracteata X Thé).

Book  (1904)  Page(s) 98.  
 
Rosa (bracteata x moschata ?) (Maria Leonida).