Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 562.  
 
Sophie de Marsilly Alba, blush with rose center, Prior to 1848. Description.

Book  (1873)  Page(s) 196.  
 
Rosa Alba. Sophie de Marsilly, large, full, magnificent form, pure white with pale flesh-coloured heart; very prickly; vigorous. This rose could maybe have been regarded as the most beautiful of this group, if her blooms would not have been easily destroyed by wind and rain; she is therefore recommended more for containers and is also very suitable for forcing.

Magazine  (1863)  Page(s) 225.  
 
R. alba...Sophie de Marsilly serait peut-être la plus belle Rose de cette section, si ses fleurs rosées, grandes, pleines et surtout exquises de forme résistaient mieux à la pluie et au vent.

Magazine  (1863)  Page(s) 151.  
 
Albas...Sophie de Marsilly is a fair-weather rose, exquisitely beautiful when first opening if lucky enough to escape wind and rain; the flowers are blush, with rosy centres, large and full.

Website/Catalog  (1862)  Page(s) 15.  
 
Alba Sophie de Marsilly  pale flesh...[illegible]...atre, in dry seasons the most beauriful of roses

Book  (1858)  Page(s) 130.  
 
Alba .... Sophie de Marsilly, large, full, pale pink, centre pink, globular, very prickly. It is a beautiful rose, especially when it is half expanded; however requires dry weather for perfect expansion of its blooms.

Magazine  (Sep 1857)  Page(s) 228.  
 
A Descriptive List of One Hundred of the Best Roses.
By One Who Has Attended the Exhibitions.
Alba.
This comprises a limited but beautiful section that require but ordinary cultivation.  The dwarf growers may be pruned rather closely, and the more vigorous kinds not so much.
Sophie de Marcilly, delicate blush, with rosy centre; fine when in bud.

Book  (1849)  Page(s) 135.  
 
Rosa Alba...Sophie de Marsilly flesh, pink centre

Book  (1849)  Page(s) 576.  
 
R. alba...Sophie de Marcilly, large, very double, soft flesh-pink.

Book  (1848)  Page(s) Div. II, p. 94.  
 
Alba roses. Sophie de Marsilly; flowers blush, their centre rose, large and full; form, globular. Habit, erect; growth, vigorous; more spinous than others of the group. A beautiful Rose when about half blown; but requires clear dry weather to produce its flowers in perfection.