Book  (Sep 1993)  Page(s) 295.  Includes photo(s).
 
Mrs. Henry Bowles Large-flowered. Benjamin Cant 1921. Description... One of the most popular exhibition roses of the 1920s, '30s and '40s... susceptible to black spot... brilliant pink... named for the wife of a wellknown English gardener of the day. Parentage: 'Lady Pirrie' x 'Gorgeous'

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 397.  
 
Mrs. Henry Bowles Hybrid Tea, medium pink, 1921, 'Lady Pirrie' x 'Gorgeous'; Chapin Bros. Description.

Book  (1988)  Page(s) 127.  Includes photo(s).
 
Mrs. Henry Bowles Hybrid Tea. Chaplin 1921. Parentage: 'Lady Pirrie' x 'Gorgeous'.

Book  (1947)  Page(s) 201.  Includes photo(s).
 
Mrs. Henry Bowles (H.T.) has the disadvantage of sometimes being liable to black spot, but is nevertheless an exceptional rose. The large, high-centred, perfectly shaped flowers are of shining rose-pink borne upon good stems and vigorous erect plants, exceptionally good in the colder north. Chaplin 1921. ...Slightly fragrant...June-Sept. Hardy.

Book  (1945)  Page(s) 42.  
 
Alister Clark.  Rose Roundabout
All the Roses sent to the Show as decoratives from "Glenara" are unwired, and so are not so easily arranged effectively as most of the other Roses in the Show; but as wiring is allowed, unfortunately, weak stemmed Roses are held up unnaturally, as in the case of Mrs. Foley Hobbs, Mrs. George Geary, Crimson Glory, Mrs. Henry Bowles, Mrs. E. G. M. Gibson, and others.

Website/Catalog  (1938)  Page(s) 34.  
 
Bush Roses
Mrs. Henry Bowles (Hybrid Tea)... Rosy pink shaded salmon; large, full, well formed. Splendid growth and habit. Very free. An all-round Rose of the highest merit. Highly recommended. Almost void of perfume. Introduced 1922.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 90.  
 
Frank Penn. Rose Notes from Auckland.
Mrs. Henry Bowles and Mrs. Henry Morse are still indispensable to exhibitors wanting good pinks.

Magazine  (1936)  Page(s) 126.  Includes photo(s).
 
Mrs. Henry Bowles

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 102.  
 
Bowles, Mrs. Henry (HT) Chaplin 1921; salmon-pink to amaranth, medium to large, double, fine form, cup-form to globular, fragrance 7/10, floriferous, continuous bloom, growth 6/10, upright, well-branched.

Book  (1935)  Page(s) 38.  
 
Alister Clark. Rose Notes From Glenara.
I have always held that Roses are grown and shown to greater perfection in England than elsewhere, and I think the fact that Roses like Mrs. Henry Bowles, Mrs. George Geary and Dainty Bess are so popular in England is a proof of it, for both of the former droop their flowers here...
Mr. Darlington, whose opinion I value above all, says that Mrs. Henry Bowles carries its flowers well on good stems, whereas I found it useless, although at English shows I admired it greatly. Personally, I think a weak stem is the greatest drawback of all in a Rose, and it must be on account of wonderful cultivation in England if that defect is overcome there. Mrs. Henry Bowles and Mrs. George Geary both won places in the best twelve bedding Roses in England in this year's English "Rose Annual."