Book  (2016)  Page(s) 28.  Includes photo(s).
 
Bennett's Seedling. Syns.: Bennet's Seedling', 'Thoresbyana'.  Breeder: Bennett (Bennet, according to some sources) of Thoresby, 1840. Parentage: A hybrid of Rosa arvensis.  Class: hybrid arvensis (ayrshire per ARS) There have been some claims that 'Thoresbyana' Is a different rose, but there seems to be no evidence supporting them. Very light pink, semi-double, medium sized flowers open from pink buds and quickly fade to white. They have flat bloom form and a strong musk fragrance. The plant is shade tolerant and hardy and will grow in height to about 20 feet (6 meters).

Book  (2000)  Page(s) 112.  Includes photo(s).
 
Bennett’s Seedling’/’Thoresbyana’ = Ayrshire… fleurs blanc pur, au parfum léger, s’épanouissent sur une longue période en début d’été… se plaît aussi bien à l’ombre qu’au soleil. Bennett, UK, vers 1840.

Book  (Dec 1998)  Page(s) 112.  Includes photo(s).
 
Bennett's Seedling ('Thoresbyana') Ayrshire. Bennett (UK) circa 1840. Description... This rose was discovered growing in a hedge by the gardener of Earl Manvers at Thoresby in Nottinghamshire in 1835...

Book  (Sep 1993)  Page(s) 74.  Includes photo(s).
 
Bennett's Seedling ('Thoresbyana') Rambler. Bennett (England) 1840... white... the rampant stems often show the purple tone which characterizes the Ayrshire Rambler Roses. Seedling of R. arvensis

Book  (Jul 1993)  Page(s) 100.  
 
Bennett's Seedling Description... Bennett, gardener to Lord Manners at Thoresby... It appears to be a double for of Rosa arvensis with fragrant white flowers...

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 46.  
 
Bennett's Seedling Ayrshire, white, 1840, ('Thoresbyana'); Raised by Bennett, gardener for Lord Manners at Thoresby, England. A double form or hybrid of R. arvensis. Description.

Book  (1984)  Page(s) 144.  
 
‘Bennett’s Seedling’/Rosa thoresbyana = Synstylae – Les hybrides certains de Rosa arvensis. Elevé par Bennett, jardinier chez Lord Manners, à Thoresby, Angleterre en 1840… réunies en très gros bouquets, des fleurs semi-doubles, rose carné passant au blanc pur, dotées d’une odeur de myrrhe.

Book  (1978)  Page(s) 151.  
 
'Bennett's Seedling'   Trailer    White    Summer 
This double white was raised by Mr Bennett, gardener to Lord Manners at Thoresby in Nottinghamshire; and was also known as `Thoresbyana'. It was a double form of R. arvensis, white, with a good reputation for freedom of flower. Introduced in 1840

Book  (1947)  Page(s) 99.  
 
Arvensis Bennett's Seedling (Species) is also known as R. Thoresbyana, and is similar in growth and habit [to Andersonii], but produces clusters of small, double white flowers and is delightfully scented. Bennett 1840. Climber. Fragrant. White...June. Very hardy.

Book  (1942)  Page(s) 26.  
 
Alister Clark.  Here and There
It was at Berkhamsted that dear old Edward Mawley showed me Bennett's Seedling covering the front of his house,