Book  (2006)  Page(s) 230, 247(photo).  Includes photo(s).
 
Vesuvius HT. Good, reliable rebloom / Outstanding fragrance / twiggy, compact, bushy, high-centered Tea-like blooms.  McGredy, 1923.  Velvety-crimson single flowers with golden stamens;  one of the early single Hybrid Teas.  We cannot recommend a rose more highly, and single crimsons are rare.
 

Book  (Apr 2001)  Page(s) 93.  
 
Vesuvius (Beales) Hybrid Tea. McGredy & Son 1923

Book  (2000)  Page(s) 612.  
 
‘Vesuvius’ = Moderne - Buisson à grandes fleurs - Hybride de Thé – rouge foncé, remontant. Description.. fleurs à 6 pétales … McGredy, UK, 1923. Ascendance inconnue.

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 623.  
 
Hybrid Tea, flowers dark velvety crimson, single, (6 petals), 1923, McGredy. Description.

Book  (Jun 1992)  Page(s) 272.  
 
Vesuvius Hybrid Tea. McGredy, 1923. [Author cites information from different sources.]

Book  (1986)  Page(s) 100.  
 
Vesuvius (1923). Of relatively recent origin with modern colouring.  Large, almost single, six-petalled flowers are deep velvety crimson with golden stamens.  Luxuriant foliage and growth.

Book  (1951)  Page(s) 180.  
 
Mrs. K. D. Dorsett, Oklahoma.  Single Roses I Grow and Love.
Vesuvius (McGredy 1923), described as having six petals and a color of fiery crimson, hasn't found its way into my garden yet, but it is one I have been trying to purchase for some time.

Book  (1949)  Page(s) 140.  
 
Norman Lambert. Roses in the Rain.
Thinly built roses embrace the singles and semi-doubles. Three single roses that I still grow are 'Isobel', 'Vesuvius' and 'Mrs. Oakley Fisher'....Vesuvius is a bright bit of scarlet-crimson, with a free, bushy habit and looks best when massed. 

Book  (1948)  Page(s) pp. 112.  Includes photo(s).
 
Vesuvius (Red)....Single Hybrid Teas

Website/Catalog  (1940)  Page(s) 23.  
 
Vesuvius HT.  single, colour brightest scarlet crimson, sweetly perfumed, growth free and bushy, good for bedding and massing.  Very showy.