Book  (2007)  Page(s) 353.  
 
National Emblem, HT, dr, 1915, McGredy ... short description

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 237.  
 
Emblem, National (HT) McGredy 1915; dark crimson, shaded velvety crimson, vermilion towards the edges, medium size, well double, fine form, high-centered, lasting, fragrance 5/10, floriferous, continuous bloom, strong long stems, few prickles, fragrant foliage, growth 6/10, bushy. Sangerhausen

Website/Catalog  (1929)  Page(s) 28.  
 
Everblooming Roses
The so-called Everblooming Roses include the Hybrid Tea and Pernetiana groups. They do not bloom all the time, but if kept healthy and growing steadily, one crop of flowers succeeds another at brief intervals.
National Emblem. Hybrid Tea. (S. McGredy & Son, 1915.) Dark crimson blooms, overlaid with velvety shades and vermilion, unusually well-formed for a red Rose, and fairly fragrant. Strong growth and abundant bloom.
A very beautiful and deeply colored Rose with petals of heavy substance, making it fine for cutting as well as garden decoration.

Website/Catalog  (1924)  Page(s) 25.  
 
National Emblem.- Fl. pleine, cramoisi velouté très foncé, bouton très pointu; floraison abondante.

[no longer listed in the 1926 catalogue]

Website/Catalog  (1923)  Page(s) 38.  
 
Hybrid Tea Roses .... National Emblem (Gredy, 1915). Crimson-red.

Magazine  (Mar 1922)  Page(s) 20.  
 
"New Roses for the Garden" by Charles E. F. Gersdorff
Intense dazzling crimson reds are all too rare. [...] Among all the fine Roses sent from Ireland, none is of more promise that National Emblem (McGredy & Sons, 1915) dark crimson overlaid with a velvety sheen, and blending lighter towards edges of vermilion. It has fine form and is a fine new color combination.

Book  (1922)  Page(s) 36.  
 
Let us take National Emblem. How did our esteemed and worthy friend, McGredy—the big, genial, open-hearted Irishman—obtain that variety? Was it derived from a Tea like Comtesse de Caraman, Francis Dubreuil, or Princesse de Sagan? He alone knows. This much is certain—National Emblem is mildew-proof; it is the right type for immunity. It defies the spores of the disease; they can find no congenial resting place on its foliage, stems, or thorns.

Magazine  (Jul 1920)  Page(s) 144.  
 
NATIONAL EMBLEM.- (Mac Gredy), Couleur cramoisi foncé, teinté de cramoisi velouté passant au vermillon vers les bords, genre « Château de Clos Vougeot », à fleurs pleines, très belle à l'automne.

Book  (1917)  Page(s) 32.  
 
Selections from Recent Garden Roses by Aaron Ward, Roslyn, N. Y.
1915
National Emblem. (McGredy.) Dark Crimson; moderate, bushy.

Book  (1915)  Page(s) 174.  
 
[Advertisement from Samuel McGredy & Son's]
For 1915, we purpose issuing the three most wonderful Roses the world has yet seen. Nothing to compare with these has yet been produced by any raiser, and we believe when known they will be regarded as the three greatest Novelties of the Century: --
National Emblem (H.T.) -- Beautiful as the many Roses in cultivation are, no variety yet raised can compare with this wonderful novelty for beauty, usefulness and effect; as near perfection as probably a Rose can ever be, its all-round qualities fill the greatest want among Hybrid Teas; a dark crimson Rose, perfect in shape, form, habit of growth and freedom of flowering; as a bedding, massing and garden Rose, as well as for cut flower work, it is absolutely the most faultless and perfectly unique variety yet raised. The colour is a beautiful dark crimson, overlaid velvety crimson shading to vermilion towards the edges. The buds are very long and pointed with petals of ivory-like substance. The flower is quite full, every one coming perfect, and is produced with marvellous freedom right through the whole season. It has a good wiry stem just right for cut flower and decorative work. The foliage is very glossy and neat, quite different from any other Rose grown, and it is absolutely mildew proof, also delightfully sweet scented. We have no hesitation in placing this as the most perfect of all garden and bedding Roses, and being quite distinct from any other Rose grown, we regard it as the best dark crimson Rose in existence for general culture. This Rose when known will be grown by the million and planted by the million. It represents our greatest effort of 20 years' hybridising, and is the Garden Rose of the Century.