1941 Australian Rose Annual
p96. Editor. Roses of New Zealand. 1883, 'Otahuhu', hybrid climber; full, large, double and intensely sweet. (The late Mr. David Hay was charmed with this Rose and sent it to Burbank, who acknowledged that it was doing well, and two years later named it Burbank).

Report of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of California Page 95, 1946

Burbank. — 1899. A cross between Bon Silene and a seedling of Hermosa. Named and introduced by W. Atlee Burpee of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1900. Awarded the gold medal as the best bedding rose at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, Missouri, in 1904. A precocious bloomer. Flowers large, nearly three inches across; double and of good form; fragrant; bright rose-pink shading lighter. Survived for many years: reintroduced by Stark Brothers of Louisiana, Missouri, about 1936.

Proc. 14th convention, Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists (1898) p. 131
Plant Introductions in America in 1898.
Roses
Burbank, (Burpee) cherry crimson.
Santa Rosa, H. B. T. (Burbank) shell pink, a cross between a second generation Hermosa and a seedling of Bon Silene.

Conard & Jones: New Floral Guide - 1920
Burbank. One of Luther Burbank’s productions and an excellent Rose. Flowers 3 to 3 1/2 inches across, double and sweet; bright rose-pink, shading to silver-rose. Almost identical with the famous, continuous-blooming Beauty of Rosemawr.