Gardening Illustrated 17: 573 (Jan 7, 1905)
TEA ROSE SULPHUREA.
This lovely Rose will take as prominent a place among garden Roses as G. Nabonnand, Corallina, and Lady Battersea. As its name implies, the colour is a pale sulphur-yellow, a very pure tint. The blossoms, which are produced in large, spreading corymbs, are borne erect, so that very flower is well displayed. I have seen in one truss as many as five glorious blossoms (xpanded atone time, which will explain the suitability of the variety for decoration. The main effect in a large group is white, the sulphur tint being only conspicuous on close inspection. There is a solidity about the petals which gives it great staying powers on a hot day. A most charming effect is produced by the almost purple foliage. In no Rose of my acqmaintance is this so conspicuous, even the foliage alone would give the variety much value as an ornamental shrub. As the sprays of blossom are spreading in their habit, so also are the plants. I do not mean in the same way as Princesse de Sagan. This Rose produces its growths almot horizontally, which is a defect, but in Sulphurea plenty of space is allowed between each branch, so that an elegant plant is the result. I have forced Sulphurea with excellent results, and find it far superior to the old favourite Isabella Sprunt. Market growers who have a demand for bud Roses would find this very useful, as the buds are not so large as those of Mme. Hoste.
Sulphurea was raised by Messrs. Wm. Paul and Son, of Waltham Cross, and received an award of merit from the R.H.S. in 1902. - ROSA