Book  (Aug 2002)  Page(s) 57.  
 
Mme Chiang Kai-shek
Rated 5.7

Book  (1953)  Page(s) 76.  
 
Dr. A. S. Thomas.  Yellow Roses.
Richard E. West is a little paler and has fewer petals. Mime. Chiang Kai-shek is more pointed, a little more yellow in colour but opens less freely in cool weather owing to its petals being of thin texture.

Book  (1950)  Page(s) 106.  
 
C. S. Heers.  Notes From Queensland.
Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek has made good and will be wanted especially for its perfect exhibition shape and delicate lemon colour. It is very fragrant.

Book  (1949)  Page(s) 41.  
 
Dr. A. S. Thomas.  Let Us Take Stock - Old and New
Mme Chiang Kai-Shek  (2 plants, 3 years). Tall grower with thin light coloured foliage. Blooms are a pleasing shade of light yellow and are nicely formed but thin petals give it a habit of failing to open well unless the weather is good. 

Book  (1948)  Page(s) 23.  
 
Harry H. Hazlewood.  The New Roses of 1947-48.
Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek, HT. (Duehrsen) ('Joanna Hill' x 'Sir Henry Segrave'). A high class exhibition variety with very vigorous, healthy growth and foliage. The blooms carry about 35 long broad petals, varying in colour from white to pale lemon yellow without the greenish tinge found in other similar kinds. A few blooms showed a tendency to quarter, while in wet weather it will probably ball. Reports are rather contradictory from some districts but mostly it is hailed as a fine addition to the exhibitors' list of light varieties. A.A.R.S.

Book  (1947)  
 
p118.  Dr. A. S. Thomas.  
Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek comes to us from America with a great flourish and many reports of awards of best bloom in the show. It is a great grower. I had five plants and omitted to stake them. Two were in sheltered positions; the other three were all well in the open and grew tremendously, so much so that a sudden strong southerly wind blew all three bushes off their stocks. The bloom is of good form. Petals are thin in texture and may cause balling, I think. In colour it varies from very light yellow to cream.

p126.  Herbert C. Swim. An Evaluation of the newer Roses in the United States
Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek, originated by Mr. Carl Duehrsen, is an excellent Rose in its colour class but probably will not obtain great popularity in the United States because it lacks colour intensity to the extent that it is of somewhat uncertain classification. It is described as a pale lemon-yellow, but is often more nearly white in mid-summer; of very beautiful form, the flowers are richly fragrant and are produced on the excellent stems of a very vigorous plant.

Website/Catalog  (1947)  Page(s) 24.  
 
New Roses for 1947. Madame Chiang Kai-Shek  (HT. Duehrsen I943) Large perfectly formed blooms of primrose yellow with a spicy lemon scent. A seedling from 'Joanna Hill' x 'Sir H. Segrave'. A 1944 "All America Rose Selection". 5/- each. 

Website/Catalog  (1947)  Page(s) 6.  
 
Supplement to the 1947 catalogue. Novelty Roses 1947-48.  Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek (HT. Duehrsen).....Shows a tendency to quarter and ball, but a very fine exhibitors' rose. 

Book  (1946)  Page(s) 97.  
 
Frank Mason, Feilding, N. Z. 
Mme Chiang Kai-Shek has been a disappointment. It is not yellow and quartets badly.  I shall try it again. 

Book  (1943)  Page(s) 138.  
 
Editor. Where New Roses Are To Come From.
Carl Duehrsen, of Montebello, Calif., has to his credit a rose now being introduced carrying the name of the world's best-loved woman, Mme. Chiang Kai-shek.