Book  (Apr 1999)  Page(s) 492.  
 
[Included in the description for 'Willowmere'] Admiral Aaron Ward was a great rosarian and a friend of Pernet-Ducher...

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 3.  
 
Hybrid Tea, red blend, 1915, Seedling x 'Château de Clos Vougeot'; Pernet-Ducher. Flowers crimson-red, shaded fiery red and velvety purple, double, globular, large; fragrant.

Book  (1959)  Page(s) 53.  
 
At the top of his [Admiral Ward] list was the name of the greatest rosarian in the world, M. Pernet-Ducher of Lyons. From this unusual friendship came the introduction of such roses as Willowmere, named for Admiral Ward's beautiful home-place at Roslyn, Long Island. ...then came....the crimson-scarlet garden rose, Admiral Ward.

Book  (1940)  Page(s) 3.  
 
Admiral Ward Hybrid Tea. (Pernet-Ducher, '15)... crimson-red, shaded fiery red and velvety purple...

Magazine  (Dec 1939)  Page(s) 8.  
 
Enfin, en celle même année 1915, Pernet lançait une superbe rose rouge au nom de « Admiral Ward »; c'était le suprême hommage d'un ami, mieux encore, l'hommage de la Rose Française à celui qui avait porté si haut, là-bas, notre pavillon horticole national !

Website/Catalog  (1936)  Page(s) 6.  
 
Admiral Ward Hybrid Tea (Jos. Pernet 1915) Description.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 748.  
 
Ward, Admiral (HT) Pernet-Ducher 1915; ? seedling X Ch. de Cl. Vougeot; crimson, shaded fire-red and velvety purple, large, double, globular, broad petals, sometimes fringed, solitary, fragrance 5/10, floriferous, repeats well, long stems, few prickles, growth 6/10, upright, bushy, well-branched. Sangerhausen

Magazine  (Dec 1933)  Page(s) 103.  
 
Variétés pour massifs. Rosiers hybrides de Thé ...Admirai Ward (Jos. PERNET, 1915) : fleur d'un beau coloris rouge cramoisi, nuancé rouge feu et pourpre velouté, grande, pleine, globuleuse, à larges pétales, bouton sphörique rouge noirâtre
 

Website/Catalog  (1929)  Page(s) 11.  
 
Everblooming Roses
The so-called Everblooming Roses include the Hybrid Tea and Pernetiana groups. They do not bloom all the time, but if kept healthy and growing steadily, one crop of flowers succeeds another at brief intervals.
Admiral Ward. Hybrid Tea. (Pernet-Ducher, 1915.) Blackish buds, opening slowly to large, superbly formed blooms of good crimson-red; very fragrant. Grows moderately and blooms best in autumn.
Desirable in collections of beautiful Roses. It specializes in producing a fair quantity of excellent blooms rather than many indifferent ones.

Website/Catalog  (1928)  Page(s) 6.  
 
Hybrid Teas, Teas  and Pernetiana.
Admiral Ward. Hybrid Tea. (Pernet-Ducher, 1915.) Seedling X Chateau de Clos Vougeot. Full, globular flowers of crimson-red, shaded fiery-red and velvety crimson. Large bronzy foliage. Free and continuous bloomer.