(1850)  Page(s) 2. vol 1..  
 
Devoniensis ....The fortunate raiser of this Rose was the late George Foster, Esq., of Oatland, near Devonport, whose brother Edward W. Foster has kindly favored us with the following information as to its parentage, &c. “The Devoniensis was raised by my brother, a genuine lover of horticulture and a true florist. His opinion was that it was produced from the Yellow China by an impregnation of the Yellow Noisette Smithii which was growing alongside it, as he was in the constant habit of impregnating his roses. One of some seeds saved at the same time produced a rose much like the Yellow Noisette, but greatly inferior to Devoniensis; it flowered the first year from the seed bed, but was small and weak, and the second year on being budded on a strong stock, it grew to a very fine flower. In the following year Mr. Pince, of the Firm of Lucombe, Pince, & Co., of Exeter, offered my brother twenty guineas for it, and it then passed into their hands; it is perfectly hardy but requires a rich strong soil. Those eminent horticulturists (Messrs. Lucombe & Co.,) state that Mr. Foster thought very highly of some other seedlings that were raised with Devoniensis, but after growing them with every care and comparing them with it, they (Messrs. Lucombe & Co.,) found them too inferior to send out, which shows the lottery attendant on raising seedlings. Devoniensis, however, exhibiting the brilliant prize that may sometimes be realized.....

[This reference is from the 1980 facsimile edition of 'Beauties of The Rose']

(1850)  Page(s) 21.  Includes photo(s).
 
[ This entry from the 1980 Facsimile edition of 'Beauties of the Rose']

" RIVERS - Bright rose - beautiful."
" WOOD - Fine rose - large and very doubl e- splendid."
" PAUL- Clear rose - beautiful - Iarge and full - globular.",
"CURTIS - The strawberry-scented, tea - pearly flesh color - very double and beautiful - most peculiar aromatic perfume - an excellent rose for forcing or a wall."
This deliciously-perfumed Rose, raised at Lyons by M. Plantin, was sent out by him five years since, (in 1844) yet it has not attained to that standing in public in public favor to which its peculiar properties fairly entitle it. We can only attribute this fact to its not having generally received that culture which is absolutely necessary to develop all its merits. We had grown it on the dog-briar and the Borsault stocks without discovering its excellence, excepting as a free bloomer. We then worked it on the Celine, and grew it in a cold greenhouse, when its large, very double, and perfectly-formed blooms at once proved the success of the experiment. The blossoms, of a delicate pearly flesh color, with more deeply-tinted centres, possess a remarkably distinct and aromatic perfume, which is likened by some to the fragrance of strawberries, by others to that of sandal-wood, and is so powerful that one or two blooms will fill a large room with their" sweet-smelling odour." In the open air it requires a warm situation to expand its fine flowers in perfection, but then blossoms very freely, more particularly 'neath the shelter of a wall.

(1850)  Page(s) 27. Vol 1..  
 
La Reine.  Family—Hybrid Perpetual.
"Rivers —Brilliant glossy rose—fragrant—large—superb."
"Paul & Son —Rosy pink tinged with lilac—magnificent—very large and full."
"Wood & Son —Brilliant rose colour—immensely large—magnificent."
"Curtis —Brilliant glossy pink—of fine shape—immensely large and double—sometimes delicately veined in autumn."
For this noble Perpetual, we are indebted to the fortunate raiser of most of our very best Hybrid Perpetual Roses, Mons. Laffay, of Belle-Vue, near Paris, who grew the seedling in 1843. It was afterwards consigned to Mr. Rivers, by whom it was introduced in England.
A greater sensation has rarely been excited amongst florists than was caused by the announcement of the Floral Queen; to which title its style of beauty lays no mean claim. Its color is a clear deep pink; in some situations—particularly late in the autumn—delicately striped or veined with carmine; its form globular, very double and massive. The singularly stiff reflexed edges, contrasting with the glossy pale pink of the backs of the petals, give a distinct character to this rose, while the guard petals, being very stout and rigid—more so than any other rose we know—enable it to retain its perfect form to the last.
In warm situations La Reine blooms of an immense size, forming an almost solid mass of petals, frequently measuring fifteen inches in circumference by three inches in depth; but in the more northern or colder parts of the kingdom, a wall or some protection equally efficient is necessary to the perfect developement of its blossoms.
To induce this rose to flower luxuriantly in the autumn, two or three of the central shoots should be shortened to three or four eyes as soon as the terminal flower buds appear, and the tree be kept well watered with liquid manure.
It is one of our finest roses for forcing, making a splendid appearance (on stocks from one foot to two feet high) in the greenhouse, as the highly fragrant blossoms being, under glass, slightly pendulous, then show themselves to great advantage.

[This reference is from the 1980 facsimile edition of 'Beauties of The Rose']

(1850)  Page(s) 2. Vol 1.  
 
Devoniensis ....The fortunate raiser of this Rose was the late George Foster, Esq., of Oatland, near Devonport, whose brother Edward W. Foster has kindly favored us with the following information as to its parentage, &c. “The Devoniensis was raised by my brother, a genuine lover of horticulture and a true florist. His opinion was that it was produced from the Yellow China by an impregnation of the Yellow Noisette Smithii which was growing alongside it, as he was in the constant habit of impregnating his roses. One of some seeds saved at the same time produced a rose much like the Yellow Noisette, but greatly inferior to Devoniensis; it flowered the first year from the seed bed, but was small and weak, and the second year on being budded on a strong stock, it grew to a very fine flower....."

[This reference is from the 1980 facsimile edition of 'Beauties of The Rose']

(1853)  Page(s) 1. Vol 2..  Includes photo(s).
 
Tea Noisette Solfaterre
Rivers: Bright sulphur - large - habit of 'Lamarque' - superb.
Wood: Bright sulphur - extra large - splendid.
Paul: Fine sulphur - yellow - large and double - cupped and vigorous.
Curtis: Bright straw, with deep sulphur centre - habit of 'Lamarque' - rather tender - splendid for a wall.
The shyness of bloom in the 'Cloth of Gold' has long been a source of great regret to very many zealous cultivators, and we are sorry to say that no method of culture has yet been discovered to induce this king of yellow roses to give us his golden flowers as freely as other vigorously-growing varieties. We still hope to succeed, but until we do, would beg to introduce to more general notice an old variety of the same parentage - Noisette 'Solfaterre' which, though not quite so fine in either color or form, as the 'Cloth of Gold' is a truly superb variety, ever repays high cultivation by constantly producing fine clusters of sulphur flowers at the points of every shoot, and is the only rose enabled by vigorous growth and richness of colour to supply, in any degree, the place of its kindred rival on a wall. Mr. Rivers had the honor of introducing this variety into England, with the 'Cloth of Gold', from Western France, in 1843; they were both raised by an amateur near Angers. In warm situations, 'Solfaterre', flowering magnificently, makes a splendid pillar rose. Care should be taken to stop all very strong young shoots when about eighteen inches long, to induce a more branching growth and greater number of flowers.

[ This entry from the 1980 Facsimile edition of Beauties of the Rose]

(1980)  Page(s) 13 of vol. 2.  Includes photo(s).
 
SOUVENIR D'UN AMI Tea Scented.
"Rivers - right rose - large and finely shaped - one of the finest teas."
"Paul - Salmon and rose shaded - large and full - fine cupped - vigorous."
"Wood - Deep rose - large and well shaped - a very fine rose."
"Curtis - Flesh pink - very large - globular and distinct - a superb variety."
In Souvenir d'un Ami we have a more desirable variety, very striking from its great size and beauty of form. It was raised by Monsieur Bellot, a florist at Fongeres, near Moulines, and introduced to england in 1846, the color is a flesh pink, and it appears to be hardier than most of its family growth vigorous and distinct....this variety appears to flower more freely in Hertfordshire, than the generality of very double large tea roses. At Sawbridgeworth it was expanding beautifully as late as October.