(Oct 1850)  Page(s) 255-256.  
 
Willison's Rose-Nursery, Whitby...A great number of the China, Noisette and other fine Roses do not bloom well in this locality except under glass; the bloom-buds rarely expand. I will therefore enumerate a few good Roses that appeared to bloom here in perfection....
Bourbon: Acidalie, the finest blush white; Paul Joseph, crimson purple, inconstant in this locality; Souvenir de la Malmaison, pale flesh, and superb, but this Rose pushes rather too early in spring for this locality, and consequently often gets much cut with the cold North-east winds to which we are subject; Souchet, crimson; Madame Angelina, rich cream, fawn centre.

(Dec 1849)  Page(s) 318.  
 
My Rose-Journal. By Thomas Rivers.
Sept. 28th. — Bourbon Roses still in full beauty. What glorious pillar Roses the vigorously growing varieties form! Acidalie, Amenaïde, Dupetit Thouars, Imperatrice Josephine, Julie de Fontenelle, Madame Aude, Madame Lacharme, Raymond, Splendens, Triomphe de la Guillotière, Le Grenadier, and Lavine d'Ost, are all robust growers, and form fine pillar Roses of moderate height, say from six to seven or eight feet.

(Dec 1849)  Page(s) 318.  
 
My Rose-Journal. By Thomas Rivers.
Oct. 5th. — It is a triumphant fact for English cultivators, that no Tea-scented Rose raised in France excels, or scarcely equals, our English variety Devoniensis. The gems of this family are, Adam, Bougère, Elise Sauvage, Goubault, Julie Mansais, Moiré, Pellonia, Souvenir d'un Ami, Triomphe du Luxembourg, Vicomtesse de Cazes, and Victoria. Safrano, when in bud, with its brilliant orange-fawn colour, ought not to be passed over: this fine hardy Rose is most beautiful in September and October.

(Dec 1849)  Page(s) 318.  
 
My Rose-Journal. By Thomas Rivers.
Sept. 28th. — Bourbon Roses still in full beauty. What glorious pillar Roses the vigorously growing varieties form! Acidalie, Amenaïde, Dupetit Thouars, Imperatrice Josephine, Julie de Fontenelle, Madame Aude, Madame Lacharme, Raymond, Splendens, Triomphe de la Guillotière, Le Grenadier, and Lavine d'Ost, are all robust growers, and form fine pillar Roses of moderate height, say from six to seven or eight feet.

(Oct 1850)  Page(s) 255-256.  
 
Willison's Rose-Nursery, Whitby...A great number of the China, Noisette and other fine Roses do not bloom well in this locality except under glass; the bloom-buds rarely expand. I will therefore enumerate a few good Roses that appeared to bloom here in perfection....
Hybrid Perpetuals: these were not so finely in bloom as I have seen them; - the most striking were, Baron Prevost, pale rose; Géant des Batailles, brilliant crimson,- this is an excellent rose for the North, it is a free bloomer, and opens well; Robin Hood, cherry-red, and Comtesse Duchatel.

(Feb 1850)  Page(s) 52.  
 
Herbaceous Peonies. [by Thomas Rivers. Nurseries, Sawbridgeworth.]
It is just probable that some of your readers may not know that, in common with all our flowers, very many new varieties of Peonies have been raised from seed, prolonging the blooming season till June; these I propose to describe, not forgetting our old spring friends, too often neglected to be planted- all they require; for in all soils and in all seasons they will, with a constancy rare among garden-flowers, gladden our eyes in April with their rich and gaudy blossoms.
[...] The single Peonies, with purple flowers of different shades, succeed the above [varieties of P. tenuifolia].  Some years since a large collection of varieties or species was sent out by the Horticultural Society; Mr. Sabine, at that time an officer of the Society, took much interest in their culture: some of these are interesting, but merely as early bloomers, for they are too much alike in their flowers to be worth keeping distinct.  They all bear seed freely; and many varieties, with slight distinctions in colour, may be originated with but little trouble among these single purple Peonies.  The following are perhaps equal to any; they bloom immediately after P. tenuifolia: Andersoni, Baxteri, compacta, decora, foliosa, pubescens, splendens, Russi.  There are many others in catalogues; but a bed of seedlings will supply varieties without end, quite equal in quality; the difficulty will be to find names.

(Oct 1850)  Page(s) 255-256.  
 
Willison's Rose-Nursery, Whitby...A great number of the China, Noisette and other fine Roses do not bloom well in this locality except under glass; the bloom-buds rarely expand. I will therefore enumerate a few good Roses that appeared to bloom here in perfection....
Hybrid Bourbon: Mottled Great Western (Willison), very fine, and more double than Great Western; Mrs. Ellis, fine pink; Paul Perras, shaded rose; Coupe d'Hébé, bright rose; Belle de St. Cyr, bright rose.

(Dec 1849)  Page(s) 318.  
 
My Rose-Journal. By Thomas Rivers.
Oct. 5th. — It is a triumphant fact for English cultivators, that no Tea-scented Rose raised in France excels, or scarcely equals, our English variety Devoniensis. The gems of this family are, Adam, Bougère, Elise Sauvage, Goubault, Julie Mansais, Moiré, Pellonia, Souvenir d'un Ami, Triomphe du Luxembourg, Vicomtesse de Cazes, and Victoria. Safrano, when in bud, with its brilliant orange-fawn colour, ought not to be passed over: this fine hardy Rose is most beautiful in September and October.

(Oct 1850)  Page(s) 255-256.  
 
Willison's Rose-Nursery, Whitby...A great number of the China, Noisette and other fine Roses do not bloom well in this locality except under glass; the bloom-buds rarely expand. I will therefore enumerate a few good Roses that appeared to bloom here in perfection....
French: Oeillet Parfait, striped; Queen (Willison), dark shaded maroon; Prince of Wales (Burgess); George Glenny (Burgess). There were several other fine Roses of Burgess's, but the above were of superior character. Boula de Nanteuil, crimson-purple, superb.

(Oct 1850)  Page(s) 255-256.  
 
Willison's Rose-Nursery, Whitby...A great number of the China, Noisette and other fine Roses do not bloom well in this locality except under glass; the bloom-buds rarely expand. I will therefore enumerate a few good Roses that appeared to bloom here in perfection....
Moss Roses: Celina, crimson; Curled Crested (Willison), fine red.