Book  (1942)  Page(s) 71.  
 
C. W. Heers.  Rose Culture in Queensland.
Until a few years ago Rosa Odorata, known as Minetta by the old hands, was the universal stock used in this State,

Book  (1940)  Page(s) 448-449.  
 
R. odoràta Sweet. Tea R. Evergreen or half-evergreen, with long, sarmentose, often climbing brs.; prickles scattered, hooked: lfts. 5-7, ellipticor ovate to oblong-ovate, 2-7 cm. long, acute or acuminate, sharply serrate, lustrous above, glabrous; fls. solitary or 2-3, pink, on rather short, often glandular stalks, 5-8 cm. across. Fl.VI-IX. B.R.804(c). R.R.3:gr.25,19(c). (R. Thea Savi, R. chinensis var. fragrans (Thory) Rehd., R. indica fragrans Thory, R. indica var. odoratissima Lindl.) China. First intr. in the double blush form in 1810. Zone VII.

Book  (Jul 1938)  Page(s) 86.  
 
R. dilecta (R. odorata x R. borboniana), Hybrid Tea Roses. - Hybrid Teas are hybrids of the Tea Rose and Hybrid Perpetuals. Characters which distinguish Hybrid Teas from Hybrid Perpetuals, according to Miss Preston, Experimental Farm, Ottawa, are: With regard to the plant, an increased activity of growth (and this is the reason why they are slightly less hardy than the Hybrid Perpetuals); with regard to the flowers, extended flowering periods both in the spring and in autumn, greater depth of petals, greater variety of colors, and often greater freedom of flowering.

Book  (1937)  Page(s) 75.  
 
odorata Sweet (Indica) [ploidy] 14, 21 and 28

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 521, 696.  
 
p. 521: Odorata (tea) Sweet 1789; pale pink, large, double, fragrance 8/10. Oldest Tea rose. = Blush Tea; R. Thea Savi; R. chinensis var. fragrans Rehd.; R. indica var. fragrans Thory; R. indica var. odoratissima Lindl. A number of varieties. Blooms red, pink and light yellow. Sangerhausen

Odeur de thé, R. à (tea) Prévost ca. 1835; pale pink, pistils straw-yellow, fragrance 5/10 (tea).

p. 696: Tea, Blush (tea) ? 1789; pale pink = Odorata.

Book  (1933)  Page(s) 211.  
 
Rosa odorata. Sweet. Also classed as r. indica var. odoratissima; R. Thea, Sayi; R, chinensis var. fragrans. This is the ancestor of the Tea roses, a native of China, and many handsome climbing roses are descended from it.

Website/Catalog  (1923)  Page(s) 50.  
 
Rosa Chinensis indica (Lindley). Tea Roses descend from this form (fragrans).

Book  (1912)  Page(s) 59.  
 
Catalogue des Roses exposées.
59. Bengale à odeur de thé.—Bengale.
Apporté de Chine en Angleterre par Joseph Banks en 1809, ce rosier a fleuri pour la première fois dans la pépinière de M. Colville, qui l'a communiqué comme une variété dont la fleur avait l'odeur de thé, ce qui n'est pas exact, dir Redouté.

Book  (1899)  Page(s) 13, 27, 137.  
 
p. 13: à odeur de thé, thé, Prevost, rose pâle onglet paille

p. 27: Blush Tea, thé, 1789, rose pâle, syn. Odorata

p. 137: Odorata, thé, 1789, rose pâle, syn. Blush Tea

Book  (1898)  Page(s) 219.  
 
Rosa indica, Lindl., β, odoratissima, cult. in Messrs. Colvill's nursery. Bot. Reg. t. 804 (1824).