Book  (1988)  Page(s) 43.  Includes photo(s).
 
Description.

Book  (1988)  Page(s) 82, 123.  Includes photo(s).
 
Constance Spry The first of the English Roses, raised by Austin in 1961. Description. Height: to 2 m (as a shrub), to 5 m (as a climber) Parentage: 'Belle Isis' x 'Dainty Maid'

Website/Catalog  (1986)  Page(s) 15.  
 

Constance Spry..... Perhaps best as a climber. Cg.. 

Website/Catalog  (1985)  Page(s) 16.  
 
Constance Spry..... 10 x 6’.

Article (website)  (1982)  Page(s) 13.  
 
Constance Spry (Modern Shrub) An outstanding June rose, vigorous, bearing sprays of large pink old fashioned blooms with a heavy myrrh-like scent.  Needs some support.  1960. (S) 8 x 5’. 

Book  (1977)  Page(s) 78.  
 
The Centenary International Rose Conference.  
Graham Thomas.  Climbing Roses - Old and Modern.
....and the extraordinary ‘Ayreshire Splendens’.  I say extraordinary because this rose has an almost unique fragrance, found to a certain extent in the related R. Ruga, of Myrrh.  Since no true species has this fragrance I conclude it is the product of hybridity, like a new colour.  Strangely it is found in one old rose ‘Belle Amour’, and in the newer ‘Constance Spry’, ‘Pink Chiffon’ and one or two more. 

Book  (1969)  Page(s) 142.  
 
The Fourth International Rose Conference. 
Graham Thomas.  The Value of Shrub Roses in The Garden.
One that assorts very well with old roses is Constance Spry.  Though it has as a parent a floribunda, ‘Dainty Maid’, it is also bred from one of he Gallicas and it shows little modern blood in it.    It is a very large bush, better on a support or trained over a stump or hedge, but it has the true centifolia bloom with a deep centre, so beloved by Redoute in his portraits, and it was named in honour of one who did so very much to preserve these roses.  I am glad the raiser is with us in the hall and I hope he will feel that the photograph does justice to his rose, but when you see a bloom of ‘Constance Spry’ about 6 inches across, fully open, it is an experience, the experience of the season. 

Book  (1966)  Page(s) 105.  
 
Graham Thomas.  On Starting A Collection of Shrub Roses. 
For effect in late June ‘Constance Spry is well worth planting, though it has but one season of flower.   The full cupped flowers are of rich pink and unforgettably fragrant.  It is a lax grower needing some initial support. 

Website/Catalog  Page(s) 24.  Includes photo(s).

Website/Catalog  Page(s) 21.  Includes photo(s).