R. Tepelmann, a rector of Ratzeburg and rosarian, wrote the 1890 Rosennamen-Dolmetscher, "A guide through the maze of foreign rose names, containing the corrected spelling, exact pronunciation and translation of over 2,400 foreign rose names."

Lengthy remarks by Hugo Tepelmann on Tepelmann both father and son at Rosen-Zeitung, vol. 36, 1921, p. 78ff.