Book  (1936)  Page(s) 557.  
 
Perpetual pink (multiflora) ? ? ; lilac-pink or deep pink to purple, large, double, cup form, cluster-flowered, climbing habit.

Book  (1903)  Page(s) 263.  
 
Rosa Rubifolia. The Prairie Rose.
This is an American Rose, introduced in 1830. Nuttall, in his "Genera of North American Plants, &c.," says of it " A very fine flowering species, but nearly scentless; abundant round Detroit and through all the western states to Louisiana." When first I saw this species it struck me as offering a good foundation on which to build up a new floral group, and although little progress towards the attainment of this end has yet been made, I still think it is one of the things of the future. [...]
7. Perpetual; flowers pink, changing to purple.

Book  (1895)  Page(s) 155.  
 
Rosa rubifolia R. ....
Perpétuelle Pink with medium sized, double, deep pink, blooms which age to purple. The shrub sometimes blooms twice.

Magazine  (1881)  Page(s) 353.  
 
From the article "Landrosen" by Rudolf Geschwind]
...pillar roses....R. rubifolia: Perpétuel...

Magazine  (1 Apr 1880)  Page(s) 59.  
 
[From "NOTICE SUR LES ROSES AMÉRICAINES" by H.B. Ellwanger, read at the Horticultural Society of Rochester on 29 January 1880]
Rosa Rubifolia (Roses des prairies). ...  Perpétuel Pink (Samuel Feast, 1843).

Website/Catalog  (1876)  Page(s) 53.  
 
Climbing .... Perpetual Pink. Deep pink, blooms in clusters.

[No longer listed in the 1888 catalogue]

Book  (1873)  Page(s) 169.  
 
Rosa setigera .... . It has given birth to some garden varieties not without interest, such  as Queen of the Prairies, Belle de Baltimore, Miss Edgeworth, Purpurea, Séraphine, Washington's Bride, etc., mostly semi-double or double, some white or flesh, and others bright rose.

Book  (1862)  Page(s) 115.  
 
Rosa setigera .... Il a donné naissance à quelques variétés horticoles qui ne sont pas sans intérêt, telles que Beauté des prairies, Belle de Baltimore, Purpurea, Miss Edgeworth, Séraphine, Fiancée de Washington, etc., la plupart doubles ou pleines, les unes blanches, les autres carnées ou rose clair. 

Book  (1860)  Page(s) 167.  
 
R. sempervirens...Perpetual, small, full, rose-pink, with acuminate petals, globular; must be regularly pruned after blooming; repeats.

Book  (1858)  Page(s) 307.  
 
Rosa rubifolia. Perpetual, small, full, pink, pointed petals, globular; repeats if pruned immediately after blooming.