Website/Catalog  (1861)  Page(s) 63.  
 
Hybrid Perpetual....
125. William Jesse, very large, carmine-lilac.

Website/Catalog  (1860)  
 
William Jesse
 

Magazine  (1852)  Page(s) 85.  
 
....Mrs. Elliot the strongest grower; this and William Jesse may always be known by the metallic-like shine of the outer petals.

Website/Catalog  (1851)  
 
Evergreen and Perpetual
35.  William Jesse

Article (misc)  (1850)  Page(s) 879.  
 
879. William Jesse

Website/Catalog  (1848)  Page(s) 79.  
 
Hybrid perpetuals...William Jesse

Magazine  (1848)  Page(s) 48-49.  
 
B. F. G., Derby.—Late-blooming Roses.—The undermentioned are fine:—
Hybrid Perpetuals.—Aubernon, pale crimson; Clementine Seringe, large blush; Comte de Paris reddish crimson; Duchess of Sutherland, fine blush; Earl Talbot, deep pink; Edward Jesse, light crimson; General Allard, deep rose; Lady Alice Peel, rosy crimson; Lane, shaded crimson; Madame Laffay, deep crimson, good; Queen, very large fine rose; Rivers, deep pink; William Jesse, very splendid crimson; Yolande d'Arragon, fine pink, in large clusters.

Book  (1848)  
 
The Hybrid Perpetual:
WILLIAM JESSE, flowers light crimson, tinged with purple, very large, and very double ; form, cupped ; Habit, erect ; growth, moderate. A magnificent Rose, but an uncertain autumn bloomer. A good seed bearer.

Book  (1848)  Page(s) 13.  
 
M . Laffay, another distinguished cultivator, owns a list of names no less worthy. Who, even among modern Rose cultivators, is not familiar with Archduc Charles, Fabvier, Brennus, William Jesse, Coup D'Amour, Duke of Devonshire, Duke of Cambridge, Victor Hugo?

Book  (Jul 1847)  Page(s) 210.  
 
Visite à quelques roseraies.
Hybrides Remontants.
Williams Jess [sic]. Fleur grande, bien faite, à larges pétales teints de pourpre vif.