Magazine  (Nov 1981)  Page(s) 1. Vol 3, No. 4.  
 
Editor:  .....after a season of old roses such as I have never had before.  A few are still in full bloom as I write.  
Sophies Perpetual - a Hybrid Perpetual with small clusters of blooms which are cupped and loosely double.  The colour is a light mauve pink which deepens towards the edges like Mme. Piere Oger.

Book  (1981)  Page(s) 102.  
 
Humphrey Brooke. The garden at Lime Kiln, near Ipswich was originally the creation of Countess Sophie Benckendorff.....

Magazine  (1980)  Page(s) 54.  
 
....in Suffolk by Humphrey Brooke from roses planted by his wife's grandmother, Countess Sophie Beckendorff in 1922 as "Dresden China".

Book  (1980)  Page(s) 60.  
 
E. F. Allen. Rose Scent - A Quantitative Study.
Dresden China. 1924. China. Marks for Scent: 9 [Extremely strongly scented].

Magazine  (Oct 1974)  Page(s) 31.  Includes photo(s).
 
Humphrey Brooke: In 1924 Sophie, Countess Benckendorff, my wife’s grandmother and the creator of our garden at Lime Kiln, Claydon, Suffolk, planted six specimens of a rose obtained from Paul’s nursery under the name Dresden China. Of the four that still survive in full vigour, three have climbed to 20 feet against the house, while the one in an open site has remained a bush of about 3 feet. These roses are usually in bloom on or shortly before May 1 (being invariably the earliest in a collection of over 400 varieties) and continue until the frosts. As a result of one exceptionally mild winter the actual period of flowering covered 13 months. There was then a pause for 6 weeks. In 1972 Messrs R. C. Notcutt of Woodbridge re-introduced this rose as Sophie’s Perpetual. However unwelcome changes in nomenclature may be, one must recognise the numerous precedents, including varieties so famous under a new name as ‘Peace’ and ‘Independence’. ‘Dresden China’ now carries the risk of confusion with Herr Korde’s ‘Dresden’, while the implied classification as a Chinensis is misleading. ‘Sophies Perpetual’ is extremely fragrant and has cup-shaped blooms rather reminiscent of the Bourbon ‘Madame Pierre Oger’, only in a warmer shade of pink. These come both singly and in clusters. It is also thornless and both in this respect, and in its ability to climb when required, resembles another Bourbon, ‘Zephirine Drouhin’. That it is a Bourbon-China hybrid cannot be in dispute, but in habit and characteristics it may come to be recognized as closer to the former family. The Chinensis strain is, of course, most evident in the exceptionally “perpetual” periods of bloom. I have recently been able to test from newly-budded plants that this rose, the most versatile of any within my knowledge, will thrive in difficult places such as dry banks and heavy shade. The Countess Benckendorff who planted the original specimens, the widow of the last Czarist Ambassador, was both an artist and gardener of note. Her Christian name is appropriately linked with this special favourite of her choice. ‘Sophie’s Perpetual’ is, above all, a rose of outstanding charm.

Website/Catalog  (1935)  Page(s) 28.  
 
Chinese or Bengal, Bourbon and Noisette Roses
R. indica, R. indica Bourboniana, and R. Noisettiana.
Dresden China, pale blush-pink, flushed carmine-rose at edge of petals; vigorous.

Magazine  (1922)  Page(s) lxxx.  
 
To Rose 'Dresden China' (votes 19 for), from Messrs. G. Paul, Cheshunt. A very free flowering, sweetly scented China rose of moderate size and a pleasing carmine-rose-colour.

Magazine  (1 Oct 1921)  Page(s) 615.  
 
Obituary - Mr. George Paul, V.M.H. It is with deep regret that we announce the death at the advanced age of 80 years of the eminent and well-known rosarian Mr. George Paul, V.M.H., which took place very suddenly at Cheshunt on Sunday, the 18th September. [...] A few days before his death he submitted a new China Rose, Dresden China, which was  unanimously granted an award.

Magazine  (1 Oct 1921)  Page(s) 605-606.  Includes photo(s).
 
Rose Dresden China. It is but seldom we get anything new in the China Roses, and this variety shown by Messrs. Paul and Son, of Cheshunt, on September 6th, and given an Award of Merit by the Floral Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society, is welcome. It is a very distinct China Rose, large and very free-flowering. The individual flowers borne in large flattish trusses are of a rich red shade paling to a delicate blush-pink in the centre (See illustration on p. 605.)

Magazine  (1 Oct 1921)  Page(s) 173.  
 
A.C.B.
New China Roses are not frequently seen at the R.H.S. meetings, nor at the shows of the National Rose Society, so it was somewhat of a surprise that two new varieties of distinct merit were on view at Vincent Square on September 6 and 7 last. Dresden China, which was illustrated in The Gardeners' Chronicle of the following week (Fig. 60), received an Award of Merit. The illustration gives a capital impression of its floriferousness, but it of necessign could give no idea of the charm of its colouring. The delicate blush pink in the centre gradually becomes deeper outwards until at the margin the flower is of a dark cardinal red colour. This rich colour also suffuses the buds and the outer surfaces of the petals. Added to this charm of colouring is that of a delicate fragrance.
Shown by Messrs. Paul and Son