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The Tree Rose: Practical Instructions for its Formation and Culture
(1845)  Page(s) 118.  
 
A Selection of Varieties.
Six Very Late Roses.
3. Baronne Prevost, a hybrid perpetual; colour, bright rosy blush, flowers fragrant, very large and double, opening freely, habit of the plant singularly robust; a magnificent rose. The flowers of the above six roses open freely in all seasons and situations.
(1845)  Page(s) 117-8.  
 
A Selection of Varieties.
The earliest large flowering roses are the following: George the Fourth, Ne plus Ultra, Fulgens, Blairii No. 2, Magna Rosa, and Triomphe d'Angers, all well known hybrid China roses.
(1845)  Page(s) 117.  
 
A Selection of Varieties.
Six Finely Shaped Roses.
6. Boula de Manteuil, a variety of Rosa Gallica; now a very popular rose, and deservedly so; colour, crimson purple; flowers very large and double, cupped when first open, afterwards the centre of the flower rises and it partially loses its cupped form.
 
(1845)  Page(s) 115.  
 
A Selection of Varieties.
Six of the Largest Roses.
5. Brennus, a well-known hybrid China rose; colour, bright red, flowers very large and generally well shaped; they open well in all seasons.
(1845)  Page(s) 117.  
 
A Selection of Varieties.
Six of the Earliest Roses.
6. Burgundy, a very old dwarf rose with small and very double pink flowers; this variety is well adapted for edgings for borders.
[...] ​None of the above are full sized roses.
(1845)  Page(s) 115.  
 
A Selection of Varieties.
Six of the Sweetest Roses.
3. Common Cabbage, or Provins Rose; these are both too well known to require any description.
(1845)  Page(s) 114.  
 
A Selection of Varieties.
Six of the Largest Roses.
4. Calypso, a damask rose, partaking much of the character of a hybrid China rose; colour, pale rose, flowers very large and very double; they do not open well in wet seasons.
(1845)  Page(s) 116.  
 
A Selection of Varieties.
Six of the Most Vigorous-growing Roses, which will form, when budded on stout stocks, large umbrageous trees, either as half or whole standards, for conspicuous situations, are:
3. Charles Duval, a hybrid Bourbon, and deservedly popular; colour, bright rose; flowers finely cupped; very large and double.
(1845)  Page(s) 115, 116.  
 
A Selection of Varieties.
Six of the Most Vigorous-growing Roses, which will form, when budded on stout stocks, large umbrageous trees, either as half or whole standards, for conspicuous situations, are:
6. Chenédolé, which equals any of the above [Great Western, Hortensia, Charles Duval, Paul Perras, Elise Mercœur] in vigour, is described among the six largest roses [as] a hybrid China rose, of most vigorous habit; colour, bright vivid crimson; flowers, like those of Brennus, rather flat, or saucer-shaped; petals very broad; they open freely in all seasons.
(1845)  Page(s) 115.  
 
A Selection of Varieties.
Six of the Largest Roses.
6. Chenédolé, a hybrid China rose, of most vigorous habit; colour, bright vivid crimson; flowers, like those of Brennus, rather flat, or saucer-shaped; petals very broad; they open freely in all seasons.
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