Book  (1989)  Page(s) 78.  
 
Mr. Samuels developed several roses himself, the best known of which was probably 'Rima', a sport of 'Prima Ballerina', which he named after his wife.

Book  (1976)  Page(s) 57.  
 
Isobel Coulston. Two roses which have all the qualifications necessary for a long life in this garden are 'Prima Ballerina' and her New Zealand sport 'Rima'. What a heavenly perfume. 'Rima' droops her head when picked but who cares? On the bush these two both excel.

Book  (1972)  Page(s) 35.  
 
Obituary. Stephen James Samuels. A further distinction was the award of the Royal National Rose Society (England) Trial Ground Certificate for his well-known sport of 'Prima Ballerina' named 'Rima' after Mrs. Samuels.

Book  (1970)  Page(s) 90.  
 
Summary of Roses Receiving Final Rating 1968-69. 'Rima'. There has been no doubt about 'Rima'. Its terrific perfume alone would have made it popular but add to that its great vigour, its complete resistance to disease and the fact that it is constantly in bloom and you have just about everything. Only criticism comes from the hotter districts where the blooms are inclined to be a little fleeting.

Book  (1967)  Page(s) 166.  
 
In New Rose Patents:
PP2570 Rima HT. Issued to Stephen J. Samuels, Nelson, New Zealand, November 16, 1965.

Book  (1967)  Page(s) 126.  
 
Dr. A. S. Thomas, New Roses in Victoria. 
Rima HT. (Samuels, 1964) A uniformly coloured pale pink sport of 'Prima Ballerina', with all the good and surprisingly overlooked qualities of the parent. Perfect form, free flowering, vigorous and highly resistant to disease. A great asset as a dual-purpose rose.

Book  (1966)  Page(s) 58.  
 
S. J. Samuels. Wondrous Ways III., When 'Rima' first appeared it was heralded by one bloom on a young plant of 'Prima Ballerina', featuring two separate hemispheres of colour, in one the old and in the other the new colour. Three only of the five budding eyes on the supporting stem carried the new colour with their unions to root-stocks. Blooms of the new colour have not since been duplicated on the parent plant, suggesting that "sporting" was confined to a part of one small twig only, which could have disappeared at pruning time.

A second generation bush of 'Rima' sent out a basal cane of about four feet in length, terminating in a cluster of about a dozen florets, as basal growths often do. Although almost unnoticed, one in the cluster differed in colour from its sisters, giving an overall buff effect. Part of this basal shoot was budded from, giving bushes whose flowers differed in their proportions of the new colour in their flowers. Further budding-on has "fixed" the colour onto a new variety. It is worth mentioning that no flower appearing in about the lower quarter of the original shoot showed any sign of this colour. There was a change of fragrance as well as of colour in this variety.

Book  (1965)  Page(s) 367.  
 
'Rima' HT. (Samuels, '64) 'Prima Ballerina' sport. Large (5-6 in.), dbl. (31 petals), well formed, very fragrant, light silvery pink. Fol. light green, leathery. Vig., upright; free bloom.

Book  (1965)  Page(s) 40.  
 
S. J. Samuels. Wondrous Ways ! When sporting from 'Prima Ballerina', 'Rima' appears to have retained all the characteristics of the superb parent except colour - the fragrance, habit of growth, floriferousness, disease resistance etc. remaining unchanged, whereas the unnamed sport of 'Rima' has undergone not only a colour change but also a subtle change of fragrance.

Book  (Apr 1964)  Page(s) 156.  
 
H. Edland. the Trial Ground 1963. Trial Ground Certificate to:
'Rima' (HT). sport of 'Prima Ballerina'. Trial Ground No. 315. Reg No. 843. Finder: S. J. Samuels, New Zealand. Trees from W. Kordes, Germany. A pale silvery pink variety which in other respects resembles its excellent parent. The growth is good, strong and healthy, upright 4 feet. The blooms are shapely and strongly scented, 31 petals.