Book  (2016)  Page(s) 22.  
 
Ayrshire Queen ..... Originally, this pillar rose was described as semi-double and dark purple-crimson like 'Tuscany', the pollen parent. This rose is now confused with 'Splendens', which is pink. Such appears to be the case with the rose of this name at Sangerhausen.   Possibly, the true variety is extinct.

Book  (2000)  Page(s) 97.  
 
‘Ayrshire Queen’ = Ayrshire. Présumé disparu, ce rosier figure pourtant au catalogue de quelques pépinières… fleurs semi-doubles, pourpre cramoisi sombre. Bien rustique, il tolère les sols médiocres et se plaît à la mi-ombre. Ses rameaux minces, aisés à palisser, ne nécessitent de taille que pour en limiter l’extension. En climat frais, il est souvent utilisé en couvre-sol. Rivers, UK, 1835. ‘Blush Ayrshire’ x ‘Tuscany’.

Book  (1978)  Page(s) 151.  
 
'Ayrshire Queen'   Trailer      Purple red    Summer
In the absence of any plants, we cannot be sure how much this rose departed from the appearance of its clan. Thomas Rivers raised it from 'Blush Ayrshire' x 'Tuscany'; the latter is a French Rose, and we may guess at the colour it gave from considering Edward  Le Grice's  'News'  which was fathered  by  'Tuscany Superb'. 'Ayrshire Queen' was introduced in 1835,  as the only dark Ayrshire known; we  may note that its English raiser was canny enough to put the Scotch name on it. But only thirteen years later, it had failed to get into William Paul's comprehensive list of roses in The Rose Garden. 
   Thomas  Rivers  gave a  warning  against duds concerning an  Ayrshire  named 'Lovely Rambler',  or  'Crimson Ayrshire': 'its petals too flaccid, to be  much esteemed; it is mentioned here to prevent its two imposing names from misleading the amateur.' 
   'Crimson Ayrshire'?  Wasn't that dark?

Book  (1954)  Page(s) 22.  
 
Ayrshire Queen. Dark purplish crimson, semidouble. Originated by Thomas Rivers, in 1835, by crossing Blush Ayrshire with the Damask Rose, Tuscany. The least vigorous of the group.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 45.  
 
Ayrshire (hybrid arvensis) in England ? ; R. arvensis X ? Garden rose; carmine-purple, growth 9/10, climbing, 5-10 m. Ayrshire, Region in England.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 592.  
 
Queen, The (moschata) ? ? ; dark purple-crimson, large, semi-double, flat.

Magazine  (20 May 1911)  Page(s) 243.  
 
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...
Ayrshire Queen... Ayrshire, Rivers, [no date given], Blush Austrian X Tuscany

Book  (1901)  Page(s) 398.  
 
Rivers' Ayrshire Queen reddish purple

Booklet  (1899)  Page(s) 23.  
 
Miscellaneous Roses.
Queen (Ayreshire) climber. Purple, semi-double, very vigorous. 

Magazine  (Sep 1881)  Page(s) 133.  
 
Nomenclature des rosiers grimpants
Rosa hybrida Moschata. Rosiers hybrides de Muscate, Sempervirens et autres.
Variétés cultivées.
Reine: grande, semi-double, en coupe, pourpre, cramoisi foncé.