"In 1960 I raised a number of hybrids having as one parent a China rose hybrid of my own raising that was root-hardy and using as the other parents Simonet's R. laxa hybrid and Souvenir de Alphonse de Lavelle. Several of these have flowered that are hardier than the Old China rose and at the same time have inherited the remontant flowering habit and shapely double flowers. One of these that I have named "Jessie Anderson" has survived the past two winters without protection and has flowered from June onwards. The flowers are deep red in colour and larger than those of the Old China rose."

Horticultural Horizons, Frank Leith Skinner, pg. 105