Website/Catalog  (1924)  Page(s) 39.  
 
General List. (108) Comtesse de La Barthe (Tea, Bernede 1857) 1. .....Makes a good hedge which accounts for its place in the list, as a few orders for 20 or 30 plants at a time soon elevate any variety. An old sort only asked for in Sydney.

Magazine  (Oct 1920)  Page(s) 95.  
 
Walks and Talks at Breeze Hill...
J. Horace McFarland
As I write, in mid-July, I am inhaling the fragrance and enjoying the beauty, which is old-fashioned and dainty rather than upstanding, of a cluster of Duchesse de Brabant Rose, cut this morning on the Breeze Hill corner where some eight weeks ago I planted a dozen tiny little plants from two-inch pots.  When, in response to my inquiry as to what was Colonel Roosevelt's favorite Rose, Mrs. Roosevelt wrote me that "my husband's favorite Rose was a very old-fashioned one, which I have found it impossible to get of late- the Duchesse de Brabant her name is".  I determined to renew my pleasant memories of this profuse-blooming Tea Rose.  I had quite a search for plants, but finally found that various Rose growers of Springfield, Ohio, had some; and it was a pleasure not only to get a few for my own garden but to see that Mrs. Roosevelt's need was supplied.  The reason for Colonel Roosevelt's liking for this rather shy, retiring and inconspicuous Duchesse de Brabant, as given by Mrs. Roosevelt is that, "he associated it with his mother's garden and mine".
I commend this fine little Rose to those who are willing to have a sentimental corner in their gardens, and most genuine gardeners I have known want a corner for this purpose.  I grow some Johnny-jump-ups because my mother had them and loved them, and I carry along a few sacred plants of Lily-of-the-valley and one old Peony which have been cherished- and moved as I have moved- for more than thirty years, because they take me back  to that old garden.  And I now cherish the Roosevelt Rose.  Do 'Garden' readers really know what Duchesse de Brabant is I wonder?  It has rather small, well-formed buds which quickly open into a full and cup-shaped flower of perhaps thirty-five petals, the dominating color of which is a pure pink, shaded lighter and mingled here and there with touches of fawn, or primrose, or some other yellow tint I cannot adequately describe.  The fragrance is pure tea fragrance, and the foliage is the pointed Rosa indica foliage.  The growth is free, but dwarf.  I do not know whether the plant is hardy or not, but I shall not scold if I do not carry them over; for surely I can square myself for their cost in any one season as reasonably as I can for the cost of a box of candy or similar temporary expenditure.  Duchesse de Brabant is not at all a new Rose.  It is credited to the French grower Bernede as introduced in 1857, and I knew it well in my greenhouse years, from 1870 to 1880.

Book  (1916)  Page(s) 26.  
 
In almost every rose-garden [in California] you will find Roosevelt's pet rose, 'Duchesse de Brabant'...

Website/Catalog  (1915)  Page(s) 46.  
 
The Rose is at home in the South, where we can produce flowers cf all kinds nearly the year around...
Duchess de Brabant.  Tea.  Shell-pink shaded carmine.  A splendid, free-flowering, vigorous sort.

Magazine  (4 Dec 1913)  Page(s) 23.  
 
Roses in the South.  [A paper by S. W. Crowell, of Roseacres, Miss, read at the third annual meeting of the Mississippi Nurserymen's Association, held at Agricultural College, Miss. continued from The Review for November 27. 1913.]
Tea Roses.
The class of roses dear to all rose growers in the south are the tea roses.  With such varieties as Pink and White Cochet, Helen Good, Duchess de Brabant, Mme. Lambard, Safrano and William R. Smith, this type will ever be truly representative in our southern climate.  This section of everblooming roses seems to embody every delicate tint and color of the rainbow, with vigorous growth and strong, healthy, leathery foliage that is resistant to mildew.  They are persistent bloomers and practically all are highly perfumed, an attribute essential to a perfect rose.

Website/Catalog  (1913)  Page(s) 51.  
 
Tea Roses.
Duchesse de Brabant Here is a flower of soft rosy pink, deepening to bright rose, with a modest fragrance and shapely formation. The buds are especially beautiful. The flowers are large and double and very durable. The plant grows vigorously and is always in a healthy condition. It is a free bloomer, excellent for bedding and general planting, and can be relied upon at all times.

Website/Catalog  (1913)  
 
Duchesse de Brabant. Beautiful buds; deep rose pink edged with silver; blooms quickly and constantly.

Website/Catalog  (1912)  Page(s) 9.  
 
Tea-Scented Roses. Comtesse la Barthe.......

1922 Hazlewood Bros.
p33. General List. (188) Countess Labarthe (T.) (Bernede) I. Rosy flesh, semi-double, globular blooms. Very freely produced. Makes a good hedge.

Book  (1912)  Page(s) opposite p. 66.  Includes photo(s).
 
1 Comtesse de Labarthe
Thé

Book  (1912)  Page(s) 65.  
 
Race des Thé non sarmenteux. Groupe B.- Comtesse de Labarthe...
o Comtesse de Labarthe Bernède 1857. Beau rose tendre.- fl. grande, pleine, en coupe; très florifère, vigoureux.
Le signe o représente...le choix de 100 plus belle variétés.