Book  (1947)  Page(s) 120.  
 
Lorraine Lee (Decorative) Free flowering to a fault is this Australian raised Hyb. Gigantea. Rampant grower, and in A. & M. carries its terra-cotta pink flowers well into winter. Even in Sydney it is a grand winter bloomer. Long buds, healthy foliage, and rich tea scent are its other qualities. Colour is inclined to be hard in warm weather in Sydney, where it has not attained the popularity of other Southern States.  Fragrant. Habit 4. (Hyb. Gig.)

Book  (1945)  Page(s) 86.  
 
Mr. R. T. Hamilton, Heidelberg, Victoria
... Of course, Lorraine Lee needs pruning. Sooner or later, every Rose needs it, although Lorraine does well with lighter treatment than many other varieties. The middle of October is the best time to prune this Rose, and I am giving my reason for that statement.  In late winter and early spring Lorraine Lee gives its best blooms, and they are generally finished by the middle of October.  If the plants are then pruned moderately and heavily watered, they will make a lot of new growth over the summer, and this new growth can be lightly summer-pruned about the first week in March. This will put the plant in good condition for another winter and early spring crop of blooms, which are doubly welcome on account of the scarcity of blooms at this time. 

Website/Catalog  (1945)  Page(s) 21.  
 
'Lorraine Lee'. This is one of the first dwarf ever-blooming, second generation descendants from Rosa Gigantea. It possesses freedom of flower in a most marked degree, while the Iong buds, rich tea scent. and disease-resistant qualities are most desirable features. In cool weather the terracotta pink colour Is very rich, but in summer it is inclined to get rather hard. The blooms carry fifteen or twenty petals. Prune very lightly. A climbing sport is now a valuable addition to that section.

Book  (1944)  Page(s) 96.  
 
Lorraine Lee
Mr. Terry Honybun, of Doncaster, Vic., again emphasises the value of this wonderful Rose.  Perhaps no Australian variety has been more written of, or more freely grown; but when its many qualities are continually revealing themselves afresh, it is little wonder that correspondents cannot refrain from fresh paeans of praise:—
Two or three years back many of the residents of North Balwyn planted hedges of Lorraine Lee in front of their new homes. Since they were planted I have noticed many of them make progress, and what dividends they have paid their owners! This year they seem to have been particularly fine. There is one hedge I have in mind, three years old, that never seems to have been out of bloom. Each time I have passed, it has been possible to pick many beautiful blooms. Added to this is the lovely foliage and clean, healthy growth. Even if it did not bloom, the foliage in itself at various stages would make a most ornamental hedge or shrub.

Book  (1943)  Page(s) 88.  
 
Mr. R. T. Hamilton, Heidelberg, Victoria.  Self-satisfying Roses
For good measure, I wish to include Lorraine Lee; I think it the very best Rose Australia has produced. Have you noticed how long those days seem between winter pruning and the first blooms in spring? They will appear much shorter if they are filled with blooms of Lorraine, a nice shade of pink and gloriously perfumed. Don't winter-prune this variety, as its best shape and colour come in September and early October.

Book  (1942)  Page(s) 91.  
 
Mr. W. H. Dunallan, Northcote
Lorraine Lee is going ahead and becoming even more popular. It seems that every Rose grower is cultivating it as a hedge. Being evergreen, it is an asset to the garden. A hedge in full bloom of this beautiful, sweet-scented pink is something of which to be proud.

Book  (1940)  
 
p68.  Editor. [T. A. Stewart]. Roses For Hedges. 
Probably the Rose that most nearly reaches the standard required is that great Australian Lorraine Lee, and its popularity for this purpose is growing year by year. Lorraine Lee hedges are rapidly becoming commonplace, and rightly so. Because of its tough, leathery, but bright, foliage, its natural vigour, and its outstanding quality of continuing to send out fresh foliage and blooms throughout the winter months as well as during the ordinary flowering periods, it becomes the hedge Rose par excellence. But just here let me warn readers not to use the climbing variety, which is quite unsuitable for hedge purposes, being so vigorous that it is a difficult matter to keep it within bounds. The dwarf variety is more suitable and will readily grow to four or five feet and even more, and gives that compactness that is so necessary for our purpose.

p86.  Dr. W. R. Groves. Adelaide Does Homage. 
There was no lack of Roses, though as yet only a few early varieties were flowering; this was due to one variety and practically that alone. There were beautiful bunches and bowls of it, and it was prevalent in much of the made-up work. The form of the Rose was familiar enough, but its colour was so rich and deep that I concluded it must be the sport and not the parent itself - Lorraine Lee. However, on enquiry, I learned that it was not Mrs. Russell Grimwade, but Lorraine Lee as it grows in Adelaide. I was yet to learn what the Rose really means to Adelaide. Wherever we went around the city, and even in the country, the Rose was to be seen covered in flowers. There was hardly a garden to be seen without it, and at that time it is certainly the most striking horticultural feature of the City of Flowers. It was to be seen growing as bushes, as standards, as hedges, and trailing over the fronts of verandahs.In one garden it was even being used as an edging to a border; apparently young plants which I guess would soon have to be moved to other quarters. The decorative value of this Rose in Adelaide when we were there was positively astounding. and we were told that it had been in flower for some weeks.

Book  (1939)  Page(s) 114.  
 
Mr W. H. Dunallan. Victoria.
Lorraine Lee, Alister Clark's ever-blooming variety, seems to grow in popularity. I noticed it in nearly every garden during a tour with the garden judges recently.

Book  (1938)  
 
p30.  Alister Clark.  A Walk Around "Glenara". 
Alongside is Lorraine Lee, which seems to have won a place very quickly in many gardens. - It came into being through my
acquaintance with the late William Robinson, of Gravetye, known as Garden Robinson, who made a list of what he called the greater Roses. I tried to secure all of these, much to the exasperation of Mr. Easlea and Mr. George Paul, who scoured the Continent to secure them for me. Amongst them came Captain Millet, and the pollen of this gave Lorraine Lee from Jessie Clark, so we have the hardiest of French Roses combined with the first cross of Gigantea giving an absolutely perpetual Rose of sound constitution and good habit.

p70.  H. Alston. A Visit to "Glenara".
His greatest achievement, however, was the production of Lorraine Lee, in 1924, a Rose which may justly be called the everblooming Rose, and the most popular of all his productions. Flowering late and early, disease-proof, and of vigorous habit of growth, it is an ideal garden Rose.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 409.  
 
Lee, Lorraine (hybrid gigantea) A. Clark 1924; R. gig. X ? ; apricot-pink, shaded orange-red, medium size, semi-double, cup form, lasting, fragrance 4/10, floriferous, continuous bloom, long stems, dense foliage, growth 6/10, upright, bushy.