(1906)  Page(s) 148.  
 
Pillar Roses.  Blairii 2.....with its large globular flowers, the petals deepening from a most delicate flesh-colour without to a deep rosy blush within, is a gem of purest ray serene.....it belongs to the Hybrid China family

(1906)  Page(s) 165.  
 
A few varieties from the Hybrid Provenance section are valuable in the general collection, having those lighter tints which are still infrequent, being of a healthful habit, and growing well either as dwarfs or standards.  Blanchfleur is a very pretty Rose of the colour commonly termed French White -  i.e., English white with a slight suffusion of pink.

(1906)  Page(s) 213.  
 
....Gallica roses, some of them of gorgeous colouring and luxurious growth, both as to flowers and foliage, e.g. Boula de Nanteuil, d’Aguesseau, Ohl, and Shakspere [sic]; but they were apt to display ‘an eye’ on their journey to the Show, and this was as offensive to the exhibitor opening his box as the glass eye of the French cook gazing on his mistress from the centre of the tureen when she began to distribute the soup!

(1906)  Page(s) 149.  
 
Brennus far more happy as a Climbing Rose than when, scaling with his Gauls the Tarpeian rock, he woke up the geese who woke up the Romans to repel him headlong, and to save their capital. It is a most free-growing, free-blooming variety, with large deep carmine flowers.

(1896)  Page(s) 292.  
 
(15th ed.)
Autumn Flowering. Hybrid Perpetual or Hybride Remontante Roses (Rosa Damascena Hybrida). Bruce Findlay. Shaded Crimson. Bright and free-flowering.

(1906)  Page(s) 60.  
 
I well remember the Rose which first won my allegiance, 'D'Aguesseau' Gallica, as a man remembers the first love-smile of his heart's queen...

(1906)  Page(s) 289.  
 
Miniature provence or Pompon Roses. De Meaux or Pompon. Rosy-lilac. A sport from Spong.

(1896)  Page(s) 294.  
 
Dr. Grill. Rose, with coppery shading. Distinct and free-flowering.

(1896)  Page(s) 284.  
 
Ella Gordon. Cherry-crimson. A bright form of Mme. V. Verdier; good in autumn.

(1906)  Page(s) 294.  
 
China Roses. Irene Watts. White, shaded, salmon-pink.