Book  (1945)  Page(s) 76.  
 
Question:
Three years ago I planted in well prepared positions some climbing roses: General MacArthur and… All have grown well and thrown up long shoots from the base but only Mme. E. Herriott has bloomed satisfactorily. General McArthur and Else Poulson have grown to a height of six or 7 feet, but have not produced a solitary bloom.

Answer:  General McArthur and Else Poulsen are most unsatisfactory Climbing Sports and not worth a space in the garden.

Book  (1945)  Page(s) 76.  
 
Question:
Three years ago I planted in well prepared positions some climbing roses: General MacArthur and… All have grown well and thrown up long shoots from the base but only Mme. E. Herriott has bloomed satisfactorily. General McArthur and Else Poulson have grown to a height of six or 7 feet, but have not produced a solitary bloom.

Answer:  General McArthur and Else Poulsen are most unsatisfactory Climbing Sports and not worth a space in the garden.

Book  (1945)  Page(s) 76.  
 
Question:
Three years ago I planted in well prepared positions some climbing roses: General MacArthur and… All have grown well and thrown up long shoots from the base but only Mme. E. Herriott has bloomed satisfactorily. General McArthur and Else Poulson have grown to a height of six or 7 feet, but have not produced a solitary bloom.

Answer:  General McArthur and Else Poulsen are most unsatisfactory Climbing Sports and not worth a space in the garden.

Book  (1944)  Page(s) 13.  
 
Leonard Hollis,  Some of the Best Autumn Blooming Roses. 
The crimson and scarlet varieties are usually seen to advantage at the fall of the year. Blueing is then not the problem it can be at the height of the season. Covent Garden, Hadley, William Orr, W. E. Chaplin and Etoile de Hollande then reveal the characteristic deep velvety crimson pile, while the lighter hues of Southport, McGredy's Scarlet and General McArthur are most vivid and arresting. 

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p26.  H. R. Darlington.  Crimson Roses. 
Freedom and continuity of flower are also specially desirable qualities in the Crimson Rose, for so many of the old varieties, such as General McArthur, had long periods through the summer when the beds were flowerless, and in Richmond, one of the first to show continuity of flowering, the summer flowers were of little value.

p28.  Ibid.  .....and like General McArthur and others of the older H.T. s,  it is too long between its periods of flowering.

p79.  C. W. Heers.  Roses in Queensland. 
I propose now to give a list of Roses in order of popularity, based upon public demand as it applies to Queensland taken over the last two seasons......
 Climbers,  Reds:  Daily Mail Scented,  Etoile de Hollande, Hadley,  Laurent Carle, Black Boy and General McArthur

Book  (1943)  Page(s) 63.  
 
Norman Lambert, York.  Roses Which Have Attained Popularity.
Even the old variety, General McArthur, with its heavy damask fragrance and fine foliage, in spite of many faults, is still widely grown.

Book  (1942)  Page(s) 92.  
 
Mr. C. Frost contributed this extract from the Los Angeles Times....
A particularly appropriate flower that may be absent when the roll is called is the Gen. Arthur MacArthur, a red Rose, named after the father of the present Gen. Douglas MacArthur, whose defence of Bataan Peninsula has made him world famous. It had been hoped to show the Gen. McArthur Rose, but none could be found anywhere in bloom at this time of the year.

Book  (1941)  Page(s) 73.  
 
S. R. Watkins, Toowong, Queensland.  The Fragrance of The Rose. 
.....Others of true Damask or Hybrid Perpetual aroma are Laurent Carle, Mrs Bryce Allan, Rose Marie and General McArthur.
 

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p49  H. Alston, Victoria.  Rose Progress in Victoria. Roses Ancient and Modern.
Even that old fragrant favourite, General McArthur, is fast disappearing from our gardens to make way for newer and finer reds.

p81.  Frank Penn. New Zealand Roses. Random Notes. 
General McArthur, May Alex. Lippiatt, Mrs Bryce Allan, Mrs Geo. Geary and Sir David Davies, all rampant growers and prolific in bloom, do not seem to thrive nearly so well in the South Island as the North. 

p83.  Harry Hazlewood. Rose Development 1900-1839. 
In colour there is no improvement on the fiery crimson found in Chateau de Clos Vougeot, but there are more varieties like Christopher Stone, Crimson Glory, Daily Mail Scented, Edith Clark, Fackel, , Gipsy Lass, Granat, Hallmark Crimson, Lady Maureen Stewart, Lord Charlemont, Rouge Mallerin, Malar Ros,, Matador, Sergent Ulmann and William Orr, which raise the average colour value for 1920–1939 somewhat higher. In both sections there are weak colour values represented by General MacArthur, Hadley, King George V., and Mrs A. E. Coxhead on one side, and Sensation and Yves Druhen on the other.

p124.  Frank Mason.  The Newer Roses in New Zealand.
Gerald Hardy.…. has proved to be a very fine red indeed, but so far it has not shown much of General McArthur, which it is said to resemble.

Book  (1939)  Page(s) 139.  
 
Auckland:  Gen. McArthur has shown perfection of bloom and satisfactory growth this season.