(1963)  Page(s) 58.  
 
And then there was Francois Dubreuil, a velvety crimson Tea, tight in the bud, so tight that frequently the flowers were over before it opened fully.
from ROSES OF OTHER DAYS by H. W. Gourlay, Christchurch, N.Z.

(1939)  Page(s) 59.  
 
Frank Mason, NZ.  Species and Hybrids. 
Rosa Moyesii and Rosa Fargesii are evidently from the same parentage, and R. Highdownensis may be the same. These three are beautiful at all times, and when in fruit it would be hard to find anything finer. I have grown Moyesii from seed repeatedly and nearly always get the same results in colour—light pink to red—but on two occasions the colour had been better than the imported plant, and one of them berries more freely. Fargesii has repeated itself from seed, but has never given a Moyesii. Highdownensis from seed has never been as bright as the parent.

(1963)  Page(s) 58.  
 
Just as now, there were few outstanding yellow roses then, but one I must recall is Marêchal Neil. No rose ever had a lovelier scent. It was a climber, a very delicate one, and to get perfect roses or even to persuade it to survive it had to be sheltered in a glasshouse.
from Roses of Other Days by H.W. Gourlay, Christchurch, N.Z.

(1939)  Page(s) 59.  
 
Rosa Moyesii and Rosa Fargesii are evidently from the same parentage, and R. Highdownensis may be the same. These three are beautiful at all times, and when in fruit it would be hard to find anything finer. I have grown Moyesii from seed repeatedly and nearly always get the same results in colour—light pink to red—but on two occasions the colour had been better than the imported plant, and one of them berries more freely. Fargesii has repeated itself from seed, but has never given a Moyesii. Highdownensis from seed has never been as bright as the parent.

(1943)  Page(s) 36, 42.  
 
S. M. Gustave V, H.P.