Book  (May 1998)  Page(s) 138-139.  Includes photo(s).
 
Rosa indica pumila flore simplici (Trans: Dwarf Single China Rose) Description... Flowers small... petals 5, white flushed with pink...

Book  (1981)  Page(s) 76.  
 
'Minima,' Miss Lawrance's Rose a miniature; flowers single, usually solitary, with flesh-coloured, acuminately tipped petals...
syn. R. lawrenciana Sweet;
R. laurentiea Andr.,
R. indica (sic) var. minima Sims, Bot. Mag., t. 1762 an inaccurate portrait showing bristles on the stems [see reference below]
According to Sweet, this rose was introduced from Mauritus in 1810....Sweet named the introduced rose in honour of Mary Lawrance, the botanical artist...
Miss Lawrance's Rose was the parent of a group of miniatures called Fairy Roses, of which Rivers had some sixteen varieties by 1837. These and other miniature derivatives of R. chinensis were sometimes known collectively in gardens as R. lawranceana or R. laurentiae.

Website/Catalog  (1958)  Page(s) 33.  
 
Fairy or Miniature Roses. Lawranceana Double. Rosy red. 

Book  (1939)  Page(s) 61.  
 
Frank Mason, NZ.  Species and Hybrids.
Rosa Lawrenceana is interesting in the way that it is said to be the parent of many of our garden Polyantha Roses, but beyond that is of little value in the garden. Rouletti, the little dwarf Rose so highly prized for rockeries, is also said to be one of its offspring, but one would not recognise it as such. Pumila is probably a sport from this Rose. It has rather larger flowers and stronger growth, and I consider it a very fine thing indeed.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 118.  
 
Miss Lawrence's (China). Single, 1 1/4 in., palest pink with a touch of darker colour at tip and base of petals, which end in a sharp point. Scented. Pedicel glanded. Calyx longer than bud, wings glanded, hip smooth. Leaves minute, very thorny. Wood glanded and thin straight red thorns. This is illustrated in Curtis' Botanical Magazine, No. 1762, and there considered 'a seminal variety'. It was communicated by Mr. Hudson, of the War Office.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 228, 406, 658.  
 
p. 228; Dwarf China (pompon Bengal) ? ? ; light pink, very small, semi-double. = Blush China.

p. 406: Lawrance (Lawrenciana) Sweet 1810; vivid pink

Lawrenceana (Lawrenceana) Redouté & Thory 1821; Pink, very small, semi-double, small broad clusters, floriferous, continuous bloom, red straight prickles, very small foliage, short habit, 40 cm., well-branched, dense. = R. semperflorens minima Curtis. Sangerhausen

p. 658: R. semperflorens Miss Lawrence (China) Miss Lawrence ca. 1820; ?

Website/Catalog  (1909)  Page(s) 80.  
 
Lawrenciana  C.  The small miniature Rose often used for border edging. 

Magazine  (Aug 1906)  Page(s) 298.  
 
Voici une liste des Rosiers nains les plus recommandables pour bordures : 1° Rosiers très nains: R. de lady Lawrence, tous les Polyanthas nains, Pâquerette, Mignonnette, Madame Norbert Levavasseur, Clotilde Soupert, Léonie Lamesch, Perle d’Or, Perle des Rouges, Cramoisi supérieur, Bengale Cerise, Hermosa, etc.

Magazine  (Mar 1906)  Page(s) 94-95.  
 
R. Lawrenceana.— Rosier de Miss Lawrence ou Pompon. — Originaire de la Chine, il forme un petit arbuste atteignant, au maximum, 40 centimètres. Fleurs nombreuses, petites, pleines, de couleur rose, apparaissant de bonne heure au printemps, elles se renouvellent sans interruption pendant toute la belle saison. Comme entretien, ce Rosier réclame une taille plutôt courte, faite au printemps ; suppression périodique des inflorescences desséchées.

Book  (1885)  Page(s) 33.  
 
TRIBE ROSE.
ROSA, Linn.; Rose.
Lawrenciana, Sweet.; shrub; China. Plant in Acclimatisation Society's Grounds, Bowen Park and in Brisbane Botanic Garden.