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Clement Nabonnand's personal breeding book, private archives, Nabonnand Family.
(1938) Page(s) -. " - Roses budded by me - June 1938 “Philippe Pétain” Vasylly Chludoff x Cl. Gnl MacArthur Hybrid tea. Very rambling, climbing, extremely remontant Flower large – full, cup-shaped, colour velvety carmine cochineal, No. 10 on colour chart, coppery reflections, very transparent, does not blue, very sweetly perfumed. Foliage shining chives green. impervious to disease, of great vigour " As retranscribed in Heritage Roses New Zealand - Sept. 2008 Vol 29 no3 in 'Marie Nabonnand' Unmasked by Hillary Merrifield and Billy West (Members of the Tea Rose Group), Australia.
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