Book  (1946)  Page(s) 100.  
 
Mr. W. A. Stewart, Victoria
A Rose that has given me very great pleasure and that has certainly added to the beauty of my garden is Mrs. Sam McGredy. For me it has been everything a good garden Rose should be, and it is surprising that it is apparently thought so little of in this State (Victoria) that it should have been dropped a year or two ago from the list of the Society's Recommended Roses. My bush was planted ten years ago and right from the start has done well; it has proved to be a most vigorous grower, with a glossy, dark-reddish foliage in the new growth. Its blooms are of a striking colour, described in the catalogues as scarlet coppery orange, most distinctive; there is no other Rose I know quite like it in colour. It is most floriferous, and it holds its blooms upright on strong, rather thorny, stems. The flowers are always shapely, with the much-sought-after pointed centre, and they have a delicate perfume. It is a full petalled Rose, and while it may not be classed as an exhibition Rose, I frequently have blooms of a quality that would be worthy of their place in any championship exhibit; in fact, two of three years ago it secured the award as the Best Rose in the Show at one of the Society's Shows in the Melbourne Town Hall. However, it is essentially a garden Rose, and my plant is hardly ever without a flower. In a word, it is Rose that I am very enthusiastic about and one which I always include in my list when asked to recommend Roses. Some growers say it does not do well with them, but for me and for many of my neighbours it is an excellent grower, both as a standard and as a bush. My soil is light sandy loam and it may possibly like that type of ground, but I see it doing well in plenty of gardens where the ground is fairly clayey. I regard Mrs. Sam McGredy as one of the first six garden Roses being grown to-day.
 

Website/Catalog  (1946)  Page(s) 22.  
 
MISTRESS SAMUEL MAC GREDY (S, M. Gredy 1929). Fleur écarlate, orange cuivré brillant, large, de belle forme, parfum délicat. 

Book  (1945)  Page(s) 24.  
 
C. C. Hillary.  Roses in Regents Park, London.  
...I saw the two loveliest beds on the occasion of my visit- Mrs. Sam McGredy and Talisman. What a picture they formed with their masses of blooms, their vigorous growth and their charming foliage! I have not been over fortunate myself in growing Mrs. Sam McGredy, yet here was a bed that not only filled me with delight, but also with a certain amount of envy. It was certainly an object lesson to the unbeliever, showing just how well this Rose will grow when the conditions are to its liking.
Every bush was carrying an abundance of exquisite blooms, and scores of sturdy basal shoots (or water-shoots as they are known to some) testified to the happy vigour and health of the plants. All of these particular plants came direct from McGredy's nursery in Northern Ireland, and maybe it was the pureness of the strain which led to the production of such splendid results. At least, this was one of the explanations advanced by the gardener in charge with whom I discussed the reasons underlying such happy results.
Far too often has over, or indiscriminate, propagation at the hands of distant distributors led to the undoing of many good Roses, and this may be the reason why Mrs. Sam McGredy grows so indifferently in some gardens in England and elsewhere. Strain in Roses is just as important as it is with any other form of life. At Regent's Park the gardeners think Mrs. Sam McGredy the finest of all the many lovely varieties growing in the garden.

Website/Catalog  (1945)  Page(s) 21.  
 
'Mrs. Sam McGredy'. Flower on inside is coppery apricot and on the outside a light Lincoln red. When fully opened, blooms change to old gold and salmon. Altogether a very striking colour. Growth is medium and branching and foliage good. 30 petals.

Website/Catalog  (1945)  Page(s) 22.  
 
'Queen Mary'. Salmon rose pink. Almost identical to 'Mrs. Sam McGredy'. Good Growth. Recommended.

Book  (1944)  
 
p17.  C. C. Hillary.  1943 in England.
No Rose seems to have done better this season than Mrs. Sam McGredy. Always beautiful, this Rose has the happy knack of producing a constant flow of blooms throughout the season, and this despite the fact that it cannot be classed among the most vigorous growers.

p20.  ibid.  As I mentioned earlier in this article, Mrs. Sam McGredy is a most beautiful Rose in England and fully up to exhibition standard. Even a twiggy bit of stem will produce a full-size bloom.With me, in Australia, it was always a splendid decorative Rose, but never full enough for exhibition purposes.

p70.  Terry Honeybun. Victoria
Rochefort: Is the colour of Mrs. Sam McGredy without the veinings...
 

Book  (1940)  Page(s) 102.  
 
S. R. Bird.  Roses and Shows in New Zealand. 
Mrs. Sam McGredy, when well grown, is particularly good, but when hard pruned and forced with strong fertilisers will come large, coarse and a washed-out pinky orange.

Book  (1939)  Page(s) 35.  
 
Frank Moore, Rose Echoes From the Homeland
The "Lyons break" in colour, led by Edouard Herriot, began the quest for the exotic and bizzare, but Mrs. Sam McGredy is one of the very few who, in England, has possessed sufficient virtues to be used in box work.

Website/Catalog  (1939)  Page(s) 42.  
 
'Walter Bentley'..... a glorified and intensified Mrs. Sam McGredy.
 

Website/Catalog  (1938)  Page(s) 11.  
 
Mrs Sam McGredy. Perfectly formed buds and flowers of scarlet-copper-orange, flushed with red on the outside of petals.