Book  (1954)  Page(s) 264.  
 
.. the Noisettes, and the two Hybrid Perpetuals William Jesse and La Souveraine were used freely as pollen parents.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 676.  
 
Souveraine, La (HP) E. Vibert 1874; bright carmine-pink, reverse silvery, very large, double, fragrance 5/10 (melon), growth 7/10, robust. = Grand Edouard; Mme. Cl. Joigneaux.

Book  (1914)  Page(s) 268.  
 
517. La Souveraine, vig. H.R. E. Verdier, 1874. Rose color, large flowers, semi-double or double, cupped form ; inferior.

Magazine  (Jun 1902)  Page(s) 84.  
 
NÉCROLOGIE - EUGÈNE VERDIER
Rosiers Mis au Commerce par Eugène Verdier.
La Souveraine: Hybride Remontant, 1875.

Book  (1894)  Page(s) 11.  
 
Amongst roses possessing fruity odours, R. bracteata and R. Macartnea are credited with possessing the odour of apricots, and Souveraine (a cross between a Tea-rose and R. centifolia) has exactly the odour of melons ..

Magazine  (1889)  Page(s) 10.  
 
... soit l’odeur de la cent fouille (Lady Sheffield ,Adélaïde de Meynot, Docteur Garnier), soit plus rarement l'odeur de fruit (la Souveraine).

Magazine  (1883)  Page(s) 16.  
 
La Souveraine. HPE Verdier. 1874 Rose magenta 1 Rob.

Book  (1882)  Page(s) 16.  
 
La Souveraine... Hybride Perpétuel. E. Verdier. 1874 Rose magenta. Fleur grande. Plante robuste.

Magazine  (1877)  Page(s) 181.  
 
and La Souveraine, a large, full, ... tinted pink colour, more singular and distinct than pretty

Magazine  (9 Sep 1876)  Page(s) 260.  
 
The New Roses of 1874-75. By William Paul.
In the autumn of 1874 no fewer than seventy varieties of new Roses were announced by French rosarians. As I have seen the greater part of these varieties in flower, either in the grounds of the raisers or in my own nurseries, I have thought it may be of some service to intending purchasers to give a brief description of such as have pleased me best, or have been recommended to me by those in whose judgment I have reason to confide. And first of the Hybrid Perpetuals...
La Souveraine is a fine, bold flower, much in the way of Madame Clemence Joigneaux, but much more double.