Book  (Jan 1946)  Page(s) 32.  
 
Alika - A hardy form of gallica grandiflora imported from Russia. It has double brilliant red flowers, is very fragrant and an excellent rose for low shrubbery.

Book  (1940)  Page(s) 6.  
 
Alika (Rosa gallica grandiflora) Species. (Brought from Russia in 1906 by Hansen; in commerce 1930)... brilliant red with no purple...

Website/Catalog  (1937)  Page(s) 106.  
 
Park Roses...Rosa gallica grandiflora, bright light to deep carmine-red, 70-100 cm. July

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 287.  
 
R. gallica grandiflora hort. ? ; bright red, large, single, broad habit, 1 m. = R. gallica splendens. Sangerhausen

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 11.  
 
Aleka (Hybrid Arkansana) Prf. Hansen 1927; R. arkansana X ? . Sangerhausen

Book  (1929)  
 
Niels Ebbesen Hansen
This rose was received from Russia in the fall of 1906, and was selected by N. E. Hansen at the Regel & Kesselring Nursery at St. Petersburg, on the 1906 tour enroute to Siberia.
Flowers large, fragrant, semi-double, with as high as 46 petals, with many stamens. The color is a brilliant red with no purple in it. The plant is hardy. Flowers abundant in June but not throughout the season.
This rose is worthy of propagation owing to its bright red color and hardiness. No notes as to the origin of this rose are available at the present time.
Since the full name, Rosa gallica grandiflora, is too long for every day use, the name, Alika, adapted from the Latin name (with the "i" as in "like"), has been given for convenience in recent years by the writer.

Magazine  (Jun 1925)  Page(s) 206.  
 
Rosa Gallica Grandiflora, à fleur mi-double d'un beau rouge vermillon, plante se trouvant quelquefois à l'état spontané dans les monts du Lyonnais.

Website/Catalog  (1923)  Page(s) 51.  
 
Provins. Rosa gallica grandiflora (Hort.), single, carmine-pink.