(1903)  Page(s) 734.  
 
Noisettes - Owing to some of the most important kinds in this group being often classed with the Teas, even in catalogues which class them as Noisettes, there is much confusion.   We therefore omit roses such as Bouquet d’Or, which we group among the Teas.   They bloom long and well in clusters, grow freely, and are fragrant and useful for climbing or pillar Roses.  The following are some: ... and La Biche.

(1900)  Page(s) 186-8.  
 
The Manetti Stock.— Often I have reason to wish that Signor Manetti of Naples had never been born or given his name to the wretched Rose stock that bears it, as among my blighted hopes is a wall of Marechal Niel Rose, the plants on which have remained "as they were" at first for the last five years; but this year beside one of them is in bloom the poor Manetti Rose, on which the Marechal was grafted, and, as the Tea Rose will not grow, the Manetti begins to take its place. In some soils and conditions, the Manetti may give some apparent advantages for the first year in making the plant grow rapidly, and perhaps giving one or two flowers to be cut off for a show, but afterwards it is all the other way ; the Rose fails on it. and Tea Roses do not grow on it at all. It is quite distinct in nature from them, and nurserymen who use the Manetti for Tea Roses do no good to their own art or to gardens. People ordering Tea Roses should be careful to order them never to be sent on Manetti stock. But even if they do so they may be disappointed, as the large growers have often to buy from others and so send out Tea Roses on the Manetti stock, an absolutely sure way to prevent the Roses growing or ever showing their extraordinary beauty.
Why do trade-growers do this sort of thing to the injury of their own art and the loss to the buyer who supports them? Unfortunately routine takes hold of every business and has taken deep hold of this to its real injury. Roses are not only propagated by the trade for the garden, but also for forcing, for sale, and for showing; and it is the quickest way to make a presentable growth that is taken. In various cases the plant is only wanted for one year, as when florists want to get strong blooms and throw the plants away afterwards. In this case the life of the plant does not matter, but to the private grower the result could not be worse.

(1903)  Page(s) 729.  
 
Souvenir d’un Ami is one of the finest. It grows strongly, flowers freely, and has splendid foliage setting off the great drooping rosy flowers. These are large, double and of fine globular form. Souvenir de S. A. Prince or The Queen, is a white Souvenir, and has taken rank among the best.

[this reference is possibly dated 1903]