Book  (1996)  Page(s) 61-62.  
 
'Staffa' (hybrid before 1832) Whitish pink, medium size, semi-double, yellow stamens. Bloom almost globular. Branches blackish, very prickly. Bushy habit.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 87.  
 
Staffa. 4 ft. whitish, mottled rose, yellow at base of petals. Scent almost pungent.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 678.  
 
Staffa (pimpinellifolia) ? ? ; milk-white, pink reflexes, large, semi-double, beautiful buds, once-blooming, free-blooming, many prickles, blackish branches, growth 6/10, short, bushy. Sangerhausen

Book  (1839)  Page(s) 217.  
 
ROSACEÆ.
Garden Varieties
I. spinosissima.
154  Staffa.

Book  (1832)  Page(s) 569.  
 
The following are the names of the Garden varieties of the Scotch Rose.
Single-flowered Scotch Roses.*
Staffa.

*The authors have listed as "double" only the Scotch Roses with "double" in the rose's name.

Book  (1826)  Page(s) 139.  
 
ROSA.
spinosissima.
Garden Varieties.
136 Staffa.

Website/Catalog  (1823)  Page(s) 33.  
 
Rosa flore pleno
Double Scots' Roses.
1196 Staffa