Website/Catalog  (1960)  Page(s) 21.  
 
CIRCUS (Swim) PRO[tégée] .... Grosses fleurs jaune teintées progressivement de rouge, merveilleux effet de masse. FL [feuillage luisant].  O[dorante]. VB [végétation basse].
Médaille d'Or Londres et Genève. Certificats Paris, Rome, Allemagne.

[no longer listed in 1975]

Magazine  (Nov 1959)  Page(s) 4. trimester, p. 13-14.  
 
Le Premier Concours International des Roses d'Orléans ....Variétés citées : CONCERTO, obtenteur M. Meilland (France). CIRCUS, obtenteur M. Armstrong (U. S. A.) , PETIT POUCET, obtenteur M. Combe (France). ALL GOLD, obtenteur M. Le Grice (Angleterre). WALKO, obtenteur M. Chabert (France). COLOMBINE, obtenteur M. Poulsen (Danemark). EMBRASEMENT, obtenteur M. CHABERT (France).

Website/Catalog  (1958)  Page(s) 29.  
 
Hybrid Polyantha or Floribunda Roses. Circus (Boerner 1955) Very variable colours of yellow and red in the bud stage opening to orange flushed pink which darkens as the blooms age.  A.A.R.S. Splendid. Semi double. Medium growth. 

Website/Catalog  (1957)  Page(s) 10.  
 
CIRCUS (Swim). ..... Grosses fleurs jaune teintées progressivement de rouge.
Médailles d'Or Londres et Genève. Certificats Paris, Rome, Allemagne.

Book  (1956)  
 
p166 Photo. Circus Fl. H. C. Swim; int. Armstrong Nurseries, Ontario, Calif. AARS award winner 1956; Gold Medal, Geneva; Gold Medal, National Rose Society; First Certificate, Bagatelle; First Certificate, Rome.

p249-2 New Roses of the World. Circus Fl. (H. C. Swim; int. Armstrong Nurseries '56). 'Fandango' x 'Pinocchio'. Urn shaped, medium sized bud. Yellow, pink and red, medium sized blooms borne in clusters. Abundant, leathery foliage. Bushy habit with growth of two and a half feet.

p258-12. New Roses Patented. No. 1382. Circus Fl. Issued to H. C. Swim, Ontario, Calif.; assigned to Armstrong Nurseries, Inc. April 19, 1955.

Book  (1956)  Page(s) 30.  
 
Harry H. Hazlewood.  Some New Roses For 1956.
Circus (Boerner 1955). The colours vary from yellow and red in the bud stage opening to orange flushed pink which darkens as the bloom ages. Individual flowers are large double and shapely while the growth is vigorous. (A.A.R.S. 1956).