Website/Catalog  (1903)  Page(s) 62.  
 
Rubens  White, delicately shaded rose, continually blooming, superior to the old dwarf Devoniensis. 

Book  (1902)  Page(s) 81.  
 
Thé. 1973. Rubens (Robert 1859), blanc bord rose

Booklet  (1899)  Page(s) 17.  
 
Rubens (T) Robert 1859. G.  White, delicately shaded with rose, of clean, vigorous habit; a good garden variety. 

Book  (1899)  Page(s) 159.  
 
Rubens, thé, Rob. et Mor., 1859, blanc bordé rose

Website/Catalog  (1898)  Page(s) 4.  
 
Rubens T.S.  Yellowish white, shaded with rose; one of the very best for button holes.

Book  (1897)  Page(s) 275.  
 
Specialities in Roses.—The number of kinds catalogued is unlimited. The great desideratum is, of course, to secure those which are of vigorous growth, good, healthy, and pleasing foliage, good-shaped flowers, and free-blooming disposition. Those qualities are found largely among the tea-scented and Noisette kinds, the following amongst them:
Rubens, rosy white
...These and many others are reliable for garden decoration and for cut flowers.

Website/Catalog  (1894)  Page(s) 184.  
 
Tea-Scented Roses and Their Hybrids.
Rubens  White, shaded with Rose, yellowish centre; large, full, and fine form.

Book  (1894)  Page(s) 303.  
 
Teas and Noisettes.
Rubens (Robert, 1859). — A good grower, producing strong clean shoots with very fine foliage, and quite capable as a short standard of covering the wall of a one-storied building. It is not liable to mildew, and the blooms, which are slightly pendent, can stand a little rain. They can be generally relied on to come of good shape, but the petals are thin and the form fleeting. The fine half-open buds are well supported by grand foliage, but the flowers are difficult to exhibit well as they look weak and unsubstantial when shown with other Teas. It is pretty hardy, best as a standard and in cool weather: capital, early and late, against a dwarf wall: very free blooming and a good autumnal, thriving well on lightish soil.

Website/Catalog  (1893)  Page(s) 20.  
 
Rosiers-thé....Rubens (Robert et Moreau 60) : Fl. blanc légèrement rosé, c. aurore, gr., demi-globul., pl., odor. Arb. moy., florif. - Rubens: célèbre peintre flamand (1577-1640). Une des meilleurs toses-thé claires! C.

Magazine  (5 Sep 1891)  Page(s) 215.  Includes photo(s).
 
Tea Rose Rubens.
An old favourite, hardy, handsome, and robust, possessing withal the grace and refinement which are so characteristic of the best Roses of this race, useful alike for cutting, exhibition, or as a garden plant. Rubens, resembling the great master from whom it takes its name, has won and maintained a reputation and popularity that have stood the test of time, and it will, I venture to predict, retain a strong hold upon the rosarian's favour for many a generation to come. This fine Rose was raised by Robert in 1859, and, notwithstanding the great strides that have been made both in the raising and cultivation of Tea Roses since that date, Rubens is still one of the finest of the very light-coloured Teas. It has the advantage, too, of being delightfully fragrant, an attribute which, in conjunction with the beautifully pointed form of the buds and the young flowers in the half-expanded stage, renders this variety very attractive, especially when used in bouquets, while the freedom with which the white rose-shaded flowers are produced in the most perpetual manner, even in such an ungenial season as the present has been, adds to the usefulness of this truly good all-round Rose.
For exhibition, the finest flowers will be obtained from standard plants, a form in which, with proper treatment, magnificent heads may be obtained, that shall year after year carry a beautiful crop of large good Roses, the beauty of which will be much enhanced by the remarkably luxuriant dark-hued foliage with which this Rose is invariably adorned. If, however, it is desired to simply produce cut flowers in quantity, then the cultivator must be content to adopt the more lowly, but none the less charming, mode of cultivation, and plant dwarfs upon either the cultivated seedling or the Brier cutting stock, upon both of which excellent results may be obtained. My own experience points to the former, while I believe our veteran champion, Mr. B. R. Cant, who certainly exhibited the finest examples I have ever seen of this Rose, favours the latter stock. Rubens is also one of the few Teas that are (in this country at any rate) even in a degree at all satisfactory on its own roots.
The engraving that accompanies these notes illustrates another mode in which this fine old Rose may be grown and seen to considerable advantage. All Teas enjoy and appreciate the shelter and support that walls afford them and delight in warmth and sunshine, a fact that is amply proved by the magnificent plants that are so thoroughly at home and happy upon the walls of Mr. Hill-Gray's unique Rose garden at Newbridge, near Bath, from which came the finest Teas exhibited, and I have reason to believe produced in any garden in Britain this year. Mr. Gray has always been a strong advocate for the cultivation of Tea Roses upon walls, and if results are to be reckoned, the magnificent blooms that come both in quantity and variety from this sunny sloping Somersetshire garden may be taken as a full and complete exemplification of the soundness of Mr. Gray's theory and the gratifying result of successful culture.
Then again, there is another advantage to be gained from planting Tea Roses under or against walls that is of much importance from the garden standpoint. The shelter and warmth afforded by the walls induce the production of really good blooms at a much earlier period of the season than it is possible to obtain flowers from plants growing in the open, thus extending the continuous production of these most beautiful Roses from the earliest days of June till the autumnal frosts compel the later blooming bushes and standards to retire to their winter's rest ; while nothing can be more attractive or useful than the introduction of Tea Roses here and there amongst even the most dainty and choicest subjects on our walls, especially if they are only permitted to follow their own sweet will by being allowed to grow in a thoroughly natural and informal manner. Under such circumstances the plants would in a manner become naturalised by accommodating themselves to the surrounding conditions, thus lending such a charm to even the best of wall gardens as Roses alone can bestow.
Monmouthshire. W. J. Grant.