House & Garden 55: 208 (June 1929)
J. H. Nicolas
John Russell (A. Dickson, Ireland). On the 23rd of October I picked a mammoth bloom that would have been a masterpiece of Rosecraft had it been perfumed! The outer petals of velvety crimson penciled with maroon were expanded like a cushion of plush on which rested a mass of incurved petals of a glistening scarlet cerise. As a plant, it is of medium growth. A repeater but not a consistent bloomer unless "remaidened". Like its grandmother Druschki, absolutely void of any scent, and like her may catch mildew.