Website/Catalog  (2017)  Page(s) 42.  
 
Laure Davoust.....Thought to be the Velvet leaf rose.

Newsletter  (May 2015)  Page(s) 15. Vol 36, No. 3.  Includes photo(s).
 
Peter Holmes, President Bermuda Rose Society.I
"Talbot Rose" Hybrid Multiflora (Mystery Climber) This rambler was known to be growing and blooming at Craigside on Laffan Street, Hamilton, home of the Talbot family. In the early 1900s this rose grew at Endsmeet on Middle Road, Devonshire, where it was known as the "Hill Rose': As it is difficult to propagate, few people have it growing. It blooms in May and June and has clusters of small 1in.(2 1/2cm) double bright pink flowers which quickly fade to a paler pink. The chief characteristic is the green eye. It seems to be happiest growing horizontally.

Magazine  (2005)  Page(s) 16, Vol 27, No. 3.  
 
Patricia Routley. The Velvet Leafed Rambling Rose. Is the "Velvet Leafed Rose" or "Guildford Rose" possibly R. multiflora Carnea, as Maureen Ross asked on page 9 of the last issue? Perhaps not. I am not so sure it is 'Laure Davoust' either. I am leaning more towards a descendent of a very old and hairy little rose from the south of China called R. beauvaisii. .....

[see http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.5367.5&tab=7
(R.multiforafora carnea)  for full article]

Book  (15 Oct 2001)  Page(s) 97.  
 
Marijke Peterich. The Preservation of Old Garden Roses in Bermuda.
The "Talbot Rose". This climber was known to be growing at Craigside on Laffan Street, Hamilton in the early 1900s as well as Endsmeet (now a veterinary practice) on Middle Rd., in Devonshire, where it was known as "Hill Rose". In 1969 Mr. Charles V. Talbot took a cutting and slipped the rose in readiness for his move to Southampton. It still grows there and in several other places in Bermuda. It has not been identified yet. The leaves are small and a dull bluish-green colour. They are velvety and composed of five to seven leaflets. They grow on very short stems which spring from the main cane. The rose blooms in May and has clusters of small one inch (2 1/2 cm) flowers which fade to a pale pink. The chief characteristic is the green eye.

Book  (3 Nov 1997)  Includes photo(s).
 
"Talbot Rose" Mystery Climber. This climber was known to be growing and blooming at Craigside in Laffan Street, Hamilton in the early 1900s as well as at Endsmeet on Middle Road, Devonshire, where it was known as the "Hill Rose". In 1969, Mr. Charles H. V. Talbot took a cutting and slipped the rose in readiness for the move to his new house in Southampton. it now climbs profusely there as well as at Faraway Cottage, Somerset. It is difficult to propagate, few other people have it growing. Several overseas rosarians have been unable to identify it. The leaves are small, a dull bluish-green colour. They are velvety and composed of five to seven leaflets. They grow on very short stems which spring from the long main canes. The "Talbot Rose" blooms in May and June and has clusters of small 1in (2 1/2cm) double, bright pink flowers which fade to a paler pink. The chief characteristic is the green eye. Prickles are slightly curved, long and sharp.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 167.  
 
Harry Hazlewood. Up-to-Date Understocks in Australia.
The "Unknown Warrior" understock provides the best results from stocks raised from cuttings. it seems to be a variety of the Noisette type whch so far has not been identified, has healthy evergreen foliage, and grows all the year round. Its little lilac-pink blooms are produced in spring in small clusters, and are very double. The cuttings root most readily, produce a good fibrous root-system, bud well, heal quickly, and transplant excellently. All varieties seem quite at home on it, while the buds shoot quicker than on any other stock. Unknown Warrior is equally good as either an autumn or spring budding proposition, and altogether it gives a very satisfactory performance. A test-plot, side by side with Fortuniana, both budded to 'Dame Edith Helen', is all in favour of the Unknown Warrior, both from vigor and uniformity, while the color and shape of the flowers leave nothing to be desired.

Website/Catalog  (1932)  Page(s) 2.  
 
Stock for Sale. ….For many years we have conducted experiments as to which was the most suitable for this climate and the varieties usually grown in Australia. Many sorts have been discarded as unsuitable but we have at last come across a variety which we consider as near perfection as possible. The advantages are that it produces a mass of fibrous roots which makes transplanting more certain, while its vigour of growth and general hardiness, together with its freedom from disease make it one of the very best it has been our privilege to test. After a number of years’ experience we unhesitatingly recommend this and have had the most encouraging reports from growers who have tried it out under ordinary garden conditions. We are gradually working to the point when all our plants will be supplied worked on this vigorous growing sort.