Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 163.  
 
Esmé Hybrid Tea, Flowers cream-white, edge rosy carmine [w], 1920, 'Mme. Edouard Herriot' x Seedling; Cant, B.R.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 242.  
 
Esmé (HT) B. Cant 1920; M. E. Herriot X ? ; cream-white, edges carmine-pink, center soft yellow, large, well double, opens, lasting, in 2-5s, fragrance 3/10, floriferous, continuous bloom, long stems, light green foliage, growth 7/10, upright, bushy. Sangerhausen

Website/Catalog  (1928)  Page(s) 10.  
 
Hybrid Teas, Teas  and Pernetiana.
Esme. Hybrid Tea. (B. R. Cant & Sons, 1920.) Mme. Edouard Herriot X unnamed seedling. Large flowers of creamy white, flushed carmine on back edge of petals.

Magazine  (30 Sep 1922)  Page(s) 487.  
 
A Trial of New Roses
British Introductions of 1920.
Esme (Hybrid Tea, B. R. Cant and Sons).—A good strong grower, with heavy blooms of cream colour, flushed pink on edges of petals reminding one of Mrs. Foley Hobbs. It should make an exhibition Rose, but as a garden Rose a mass of it would be very attractive. Faintly scented.

Website/Catalog  (1922)  Page(s) 8.  
 
Novelty Roses 1922.
Esme (H.T.) (B. R. Cant) Large, full flowers, creamy white colour, flushes of carmine on back edge of petals. A fine exhibition
bloom. 4/- each.

Website/Catalog  (1921)  Page(s) 15.  
 
Roses.
Esmee, creamy white with flushes of rosy carmine on back edges of petals, centre soft primrose as the bloom expands. Very attractive for bedding and massing, also useful for exhibition; class: Hybrid Tea; habit of growth: vigorous.