Book  (1936)  Page(s) 472.  
 
Merrilies, Meg (hybrid rubiginosa) Lord Penzance 1894; crimson-pink, 4 cm., single, in clusters of 10-15, fragrance 5/10, once-blooming, fragrant foliage, growth 8/10, climbing, 1,50 m. Sangerhausen

Website/Catalog  (1921)  Page(s) 26.  
 
Roses.
Meg Merrilees, fine crimson; class: Hybrid Sweet Briar; habit of growth: vigorous.

Book  (1921)  Page(s) 95.  
 
Pillar Roses
For lower pillars I can recommend:
Meg Merrilees. Hybrid Briar. Bright crimson.

Website/Catalog  (1914)  Page(s) 39.  
 
Hybrid Sweet Briars.
Pruning. — Cut back fairly hard the first season after planting; afterwards they only require thinning and slightly stopping the long shoots and laterals.
Meg Merrilees [sic]... Lord Penzance, 1894, vigorous. Gorgeous crimson, very free flowering; one of the best.

Book  (1906)  Page(s) 119.  
 
7.719. Meg Merrilies, Hybride de Rubiginosa, Lord Penzance 1894 cramoisi

Book  (1903)  Page(s) 255.  
 
The Sweet Briar.
The Sweet Briar is a native species well-known to all lovers of plants from the delicious fragrance of its leaves and the beauty of its bright scarlet fruit. It is also one of our best hedge plants.
18. Meg Merrilees; flowers crimson. [raised by the late Lord Penzance]

Website/Catalog  (1899)  Page(s) 18.  
 
Lord Penzance's Sweet Briars.
These lovely hybrid Sweet Briars, apart from their extreme beauty, are intensely interesting, being crosses between the well-known Sweet Briar and various other roses, such as Austrian Briar, varieties of Galllca, etc. All of them possess the deliciously-scented foliage and strong, vigorous growth of the Sweet Briar, and are as hardy as Oak trees: the flowers are of the most beautiful tints, and are produced in great profusion, presenting the delightful odor and the numerous golden stamens of the Sweet Briar flower, and much larger. A unique race of Roses of great beauty.
Meg. Merrilies. Gorgeous crimson; free-flowering.

Website/Catalog  (1898)  Page(s) 70.  
 
Lord Penzance's Hybrid Sweet Briars
These are crosses between the Common Sweet Briar and various od-fashioned Garden Roses. The flowers are single or semi-double. The plants are very vigorous and perfectly hardy, and the foliage of all of them is as sweetly scented as the Common Sweet Briar. They form a distinct break from any class of rose yet in commerce.
Meg Merriles. Gorgeous crimson; very free-blooming; seeds abundantly. The best of the dark-colored varieties.

Book  (1898)  Page(s) 12.  
 
Meg Merrilies (Hybrid Sweet Briar); flowers crimson and single, foliage scented like common Sweet Briar.

Website/Catalog  (1897)  Page(s) 5.  
 
Lord Penzance's Hybrid Sweet Briars
A New Selection of Roses Which Will Be An Exceedingly Valuable Addition to Our List of Decorative Varieties.
Every one loves the old scented Sweet Briar Rose, the Eglantine of poetry. It was a happy thought that induced the Rt. Hon. Lord Penzance of England to devote his leisure to a blending of this old favorite with the modern garden and other roses by a careful series of crossings and hybridizings. The result attained is wonderful, and these new Hybrid Sweet Briars, which we have the pleasure of offering to our customers, cannot fail to give satisfaction, as they are charming garden plants of exceptional beauty, fragrance, and hardiness. They certainly are a great acquisition. Never perhaps since the introduction of the Hybrid Perpetual Section has there been such a decided break away from the ordinary Roses in cultivation as the Hybrids now offered.
The plants are very hardy, and are exceptionally robust, vigorous growers. They are quite astonishing in this respect, bushes four or five years old throwing up shoots ten, twelve, and even fifteen feet high. These when covered with the flowers have a most gorgeous effect, the flowers, which are single, and of the most beautiful tints, being produced in lavish profusion. The foliage, like the common Sweet Briar, is deliciously scented.
The plants should be given a position where they can develop freely. They should not be pruned to any extent, but should be allowed to assume a natural growth. We offer nine of the finest Hybrids, as follows:
Meg Merrilies.—Crimson.