Book  (1930)  Page(s) 397.  
 
Himmelsauge. (Geschwind 1894.) Bloom 6 to 7 cm across, densely filled, bright carmine passing to purple, fragrant, in abundant trusses. Vigorous shrub and faithful bloomer.

Magazine  (Jun 1929)  Page(s) 71.  
 
Himmersange (oeil du ciel) (Gershwind, 1894), fleur grande, odorante, rouge pourpre foncé velouté.

Magazine  (1928)  Page(s) 98.  
 
Himmersange (oeil du ciel) Gerschwind, 1894), fleur grande, odorante, rouge pourpre foncé velouté

Website/Catalog  (1926)  Page(s) 21.  
 
Ramblers. Setigera. Himmelsauge (J. C. Schmidt 1895). The same excellent characteristics as [Belle de Baltimore, Beauty of the Prairies, Bijoux de Prairies, De la Grifferay, Eifel, Erinnerung an Brod], only with different coloured blooms; magnificent velvety dark red.

Book  (1924)  Page(s) 59.  
 
Setigera has quite large pink blooms, which stand in loose clusters. Her canes are very elegant, almost horizontal and daintily arching, the bloom clusters well upright. Its hybrids are good wall roses, namely on a supporting wall, in order to let the branches fall. From the older Queen of the Prairies, Feast 1834 is the most well-known, from the newer cultivars Geschwinds Himmelsauge, 1894, which is at the same time one of the darkest climbers, deep dark velvety red, and blooms only at the beginning of July.

Book  (1924)  Page(s) 71.  
 
The best climbers of all classes....
Himmelsauge, 1894, Geschwind, velvety dark purple red, large, full; vigorous; very late, one of the darkest. (Setigera).

Book  (1924)  Page(s) 100.  
 
In the dark red magnificence of her preciously fragrant blooms is the Himmelsauge very valuable, although there is a somewhat bluish relex on the blooms.

Website/Catalog  (1914)  Page(s) 4.  
 
Once-blooming climbers. Himmelsauge (setigera), upright, fragrant, dark purple-red, late-blooming

Book  (1910)  Page(s) 50.  
 
Rosa setigera....Himmelsauge (Geschwind), one of the darkest climbing roses, dark purple-red blooms with bluish reflexes, large and fragrant. A grateful, vigorous and hardy variety.

Magazine  (1909)  Page(s) 298.  
 
....hybrid Teas, covered well with soil at the root, were partly up to there, partly completely frozen, while unprotected ramblers der varieties Trier, Tausendschön, Blush Rambler, Frau Albert Hochstrasser, Himmelsauge and Leuchtstern had not suffered the least; also the polyantha Mme Norbert Levavasseur has shown itself as fully hardy.