Website/Catalog  (1929)  Page(s) 70.  
 
Rose Species
Rosa Hibernica Gravesi. (R. spinosissima hibernica), A species intermediate between R. spinosissima and R. canina which is extraordinarily variable. This is one of the most desirable forms.

Book  (1916)  Page(s) 67.  
 
43716.  X Rosa hibernica J. E. Smith. Rosaceæ. Rose.
Var. grovesii.
A low shrub with glaucous green foliage and small pink flowers. This rose is a hybrid between Rosa spinosissima and Rosa canina. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 5, p. 2995.)

Book  (1915)  Page(s) 360.  
 
The Home Grounds
Woody Plants in Order of Bloom
Early June
Pink... Rosa hibernica var gravesii. Flowers a delicate shell pink. A hybrid of R. spinosissima and R. canina... 2 to 3 feet.

Magazine  (Jan 1910)  Page(s) 45 [supplement].  
 
The British Roses (excluding Eu-Caninæ). By Major A. H. Wolley-Dod.
[discussion of the differences between Rosa hibernica var. glabra and Rosa hibernica var. Grovesii.]
The author writes:
Although the two varieties do not appear to be identical, var. Grovesii seems to come too near to var. glabra.[...] I think it would be wiser to combine the two under the older name of R. hibernica var. glabra Baker.

Book  (1908)  Page(s) 28.  
 
Rosa Hibernica
Can this rose really be considered a distinct species ? It is classified as such both by Lindley and Hooker, no mean authorities, and possibly their opinion is correct. But is there no reason why it may not be the result of the cross-fertilisation between spinosissima and canina, and therefore not a species but a hybrid ? It is recorded that when weak in habit R. hibernica resembles the former, when more vigorous the latter. Like spinosissima it forms a compact shrub, growing 3 or 4 feet high, with erect reddish-brown branches covered with straight prickles passing into bristles, having similar leaves, but larger. Like canina some of the prickles are hooked ; it has no setae or glands, the fruit is quite smooth but crowned with sepals, and is of a deep dull red. The flowers, pale pink, are produced singly and without bracts. From this brief description it will be recognised that, whether species or hybrid, R. hibernica shares in the characteristics of both spinosissima and canina, forming a link between the two.
The account of its first discovery is interesting. Patrons of botany in Dublin offered a prize of £50 for a new Irish plant. Mr. Templeton found R. hibernica growing in the neighbourhood of Belfast, and for this rose he was awarded the prize. Since then this rose has been found from Sunderland southwards, and in France, but is rare on the Continent.

Book  (1904)  Page(s) 97.  
 
ROSACEÆ—Rosa
Rosa hibernica Grovesii

Book  (1892)  Page(s) 129.  
 
ROSA, Linn.
SPINOSISSIMÆ.
Rosa Hibernica, Sm.
R. hibernica, Smith, English Botany, ed. 1, t. 2196 (1810).
Var. Grovesii, Baker.
R. hibernica, Sm., var. Grovesii, Baker in Botanical Exchange Club Report for 1876, p. 15 (1878); and 1887, p. 178 (1888).
R. canina, L. var. Grovesii, Baker in London Catalogue of British Plants, ed. 8, p. 14 (1886).
"An erect compact bush, from 3 to 5 feet in height. Prickles of the barren stem more slender and less hooked than in canina, 3/8 inches long, with a scar 3/8 inches long, passing down by gradual transitions into a few subulate, straight, slightly declining aciculi, none of which are gland-tipped. Leaves of the barren shoot 3-4 inches long, glaucous, glabrous; stipules, glabrous, with a few glands on the edge; common petiole with 4-6 minute aciculi, none of which are gland-tipped; leaflets oblong ¾-1¼ inches long, sharply, irregularly, but not distinctly, doubly dentate; teeth rarely gland-tipped; end leaflets 1-1¼ inches long, ¾-7/8 inches broad, broadly rounded at the base. Flowers 1-3, usually solitary; peduncle naked, 3/8-½ inch long; calyx-tube broad oblong, naked; segments ½-5/8 inches long, naked on the back, with a distinct leafy point, some simple, some sparingly pinnate. Corolla milk-white, 18-21 lines across when expanded; petals an inch long. Styles densely pilose. Fruit broad ovoid, 5/8-¾ inches long, turning colour at the end of August, deep crimson-red, the spreading sepals fully persistent, still remaining attached in October. Connects hibernica var. glabra with canina, vars. sub-cristata, Schultzii, and Hailstoni."—Baker.
Barnes Common, Surrey.

Magazine  (1878)  Page(s) 242.  
 
Rosaceæ
Rosa
R. hibernica Sm. var. Grovesii Baker

Magazine  (1878)  Page(s) 183.  
 
Extracts from the Report of the Curator of the Botanical Exchange Club for 1876.
Rosa hibernica, Sm., var. Grovesii, Baker. Barnes Common, Surrey, 1875-76.—H. & J. Groves. Mr. Baker has drawn up the following description of this hitherto undescribed Rose, and forwarded it for insertion here: 
ROSA hibernica, var. Grovesii, Baker.
An erect compact bush, from 3 to 5 feet in height. Prickles of the barren stem more slender and less hooked than in canina, 3/8 inches long, with a scar 3/8 inches long, passing down by gradual transitions into a few subulate, straight, slightly-declining aciculi, none of which are gland-tipped. Leaves of the barren shoot 3-4 inches long, glaucous, glabrous; stipules, glabrous, with a few glands on the edge; common petiole with 4—6 minute aciculi, none of which are gland-tipped; leaflets oblong. ¾—1¼ inches long, sharply, irregularly, but not distinctly, doubly dentate; teeth rarely gland-tipped; end leaflets 1-1¼ inches long, ¾—7/8 inches broad, broadly rounded at the base. Flowers 1-3, usually solitary; peduncle naked, 3/8—½ inch long; calyx-tube broad oblong, naked; segments ½—5/8 inches long, naked on the back, with a distinct leafy point, some simple, some sparingly pinnate. Corolla milk-white, 18-21 lines across when expanded; petals an inch long. Styles densely pilose. Fruit broad ovoid, 5/8—¾ inches long, turning colour at the end of August, deep crimson-red, the spreading sepals fully persistent, still remaining attached in October. Connects hibernica glabra with canina, vars. sub-cristata, Schultzii, and Hailstoni.—J. G. Baker.