Website/Catalog  (1885)  Page(s) 77.  
 
Tea-Scented Roses. 
Isabella Sprunt  Sulphur-yellow; flowers medium size, blooming abundantly; very beautiful in the bud

Website/Catalog  (1885)  Page(s) 36.  
 
Roses — Everblooming.
Section II.
Tea Roses.
Roses belonging to this class are generally of a delicate structure with slender branches, of light shades, very fragrant, monthly bloomers, valuable for this climate.
Isabella Sprunt.  Resembles Soffrano, but more vigorous and of a lighter color.

Book  (1884)  Page(s) 14.  
 
Isabella Sprunt (Buchanan, 1867). Large, double, sulphur-yellow with whitish reflexes, very effetful and free-blooming, pictured in the "Illustration horticole". An excellent rose for forceing.

Website/Catalog  (1882)  
 
Isabella Sprunt
(Courtesy 'Plants Listed in Nursery Catalogues in Victoria 1855-1889', Margaret Brookes and Richard Barley, 1992, p266)

Book  (1882)  Page(s) 14.  
 
Isabella Sprunt... Thé. Verschaffelt. 1866 Jaune pâle. Fleur grande. Plante vigoureuse.

Magazine  (1 May 1880)  Page(s) 398.  
 
Among the many letters I received in respect to inquiries, is one from the Rev. James M. Sprunt, Kenansville, and is of such interest that I insert it as it came to me:—
“I am in receipt,” says Mr. Sprunt, “of yours of the 29th ult., asking for some particulars relative to the origin of the Roses James and Isabella Sprunt. In the spring of 1855 I removed from my former residence in this town to the premises on which I now reside. Among the plants which I carried with me was a very large and handsome Saffrano Rose. It had been trained to a single stem, fully 2 in. in diameter, and forming a symmetrical head about 4 ft. from the ground. I pruned it well back, but the early summer being dry, the top died. The plant, however, put forth six or eight strong shoots from the collar at the surface of the soil, and one of these attracted my attention from its dissimilarity to the others in the colour of the stem and foliage. I observed it carefully until it bloomed, when it proved to be a fine yellow, all the other shoots retaining the normal colour of the Saffrano. From this sport, which was named Isabella Sprunt, after one of my daughters, I sent cuttings to Mr. Isaac Buchanan, of New York, in 1860, and it was sent out by him some two or three years afterwards, I think before the close of the war, though I heard nothing concerning it till 1865. [By referring to old files of the Country Gentleman, we find Mr. Buchanan first offered this for sale in 1865.] I may add that in the winter of 1856 I took up the old plant, and sawed the stock into five or six pieces, being careful to get a good share of the root to the shoot; that plant still lives, and is quite constant, though it has had perhaps two or three Saffrano fiowers, certainly one; and besides, about two years ago there was a fully developed bud and flower, exactly one-half of which was like Saffrano, and the other half like Isabella Sprunt. I tried to fix this new sport, but it produced afterwards only yellow flowers.

Magazine  (1 Apr 1880)  Page(s) 61.  
 
[From "NOTICE SUR LES ROSES AMÉRICAINES" by H.B. Ellwanger, read at the Horticultural Society of Rochester on 29 January 1880]
Rosa indica odorata. — (Rosiers thés.)
Isabella Sprunt (Révérend James, M. Sprunt, 1855). — Mis au commerce par Isaac Buchanan de New-York en 1865. — Jaune soufré accident fixé do Safrano, dont il a le port

Book  (1880)  Page(s) Annex, p. 65.  
 
tea, Isabelle Sprunt (Boucharlat, 1867), nice sulphur-yellow, large, semi-double, floriferous.

Magazine  (1879)  Page(s) 56.  
 
Les Meilleures Roses Thés à cultiver en plein air sont, d’après un article publié dans le numéro de janvier du Floral Magazine, les variétés suivantes : Devoniensis, Catherine Mermet, Rubens, Madame Falcot, Madame Charles, Madame Camille, Madame Willermoz, Safrano, Isabelle Sprunt et Goubault. On recommande de les planter autant que possible à l’abri du nord et de la violence des vents d'ouest.

Magazine  (1876)  Page(s) 51.  
 
There are a great many varieties of Tea Roses; but the most profitable are Safrano, Orange Yellow, Isabella Sprunt, Canary Yellow, Bon Silene, Carmine, and Bella White. These are best grown in beds, but may also be grown in pots.