Book  (May 1992)  Page(s) 331.  
 
'Great Western'. Laffay, France 1838. Once flowering, this rose has large, full, quartered flowers of maroon-purple. Its foliage is dark green and its shoots well endowed with thorns. Summer flowering only. Tolerant of Poor soils. Tolerant to shade, Very fragrant. Availability limited. 5 x 4’. 1.5 x 1.2m.

Book  (1988)  Page(s) 70.  Includes photo(s).
 
'Great Western'. A Bourbon raised by Laffay in 1838. Growth up to 1.5m high. Flowers purplish, well scented but freely produced only in summer

Book  (1987)  Page(s) 102.  
 
Great Western Bourbon. Named for the first transatlantic steamer. 1838. Description.

Book  (Dec 1985)  Page(s) 336.  
 
Great Western Laffay (France) 1838. Parentage unknown. Description... flowers: large, full, quartered, maroon-pink...

Book  (1983)  Page(s) 80.  Includes photo(s).
 
‘Great Western’ (1838) An old rose which grows to about 1.5 metres and flowers but once in a season. Strongly scented, it has large rounded flowers of bright magenta-crimson, flushed maroon. They are quartered and are followed by red fruit.

Website/Catalog  (1982)  Page(s) 19.  
 

Great Western (Bourbon) Large, purple-maroon flowers on a vigorous plant. Scented. 1840. (R) 4 x 3’.

Website/Catalog  (Nov 1959)  Page(s) 24.  
 
Great Western Bourbon. The "Great Western" was the first transatlantic steamer, in 1838. Flowers: quartered, large, crimson-purple with maroon shading. The second crop of flowers is not always forthcoming on poor soils. 6' x 5'.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 316.  
 
Great Western (hybrid china) in America ca. 1900; poppy-red to crimson-scarlet, shaded and mottled reddish violet-purple, , very large, double, globular, cluster-flowerred, growth 7/10.

Book  (1893)  Page(s) 261.  
 
‘Great Western’. Free. Hybrid China. Laffay. Red, shaded with crimson, double, fragrant; poor.

Website/Catalog  (1885)  Page(s) 69.  
 
Hybrid Perpetual Roses.
Great Western  crimson and purple shaded.