Article (magazine)  (2016)  Page(s) 20.  
 
The cultivar found to be most closely related to 'Hermosa' was 'Burbank' ('Hermosa' x 'Bon Silene')...The 'Burbank' incommerce is considered by many to likely be the China rose 'Santa Rosa' ...

Newsletter  (Nov 2013)  Page(s) 13.  
 
[From "California's oldest surviving roses", by Darrell Schramm]
Two of his [Burbank's]  roses from this period, Santa Rosa and Burbank, have survived. Similar in description and twins in color, form and size, the plants were said to be hybrid Bourbon teas, or hybrid teas, and both are off spring of Hermosa and Bon Silene. He does state, “The Burbank rose was a product of seeds… accidentally garnered.” The introduction date usually given for Burbank is 1900. But the John Doyle Co. featured Burbank on its catalog cover in 1899, and American Gardening magazine published a picture of the rose in the November 5, 1898, issue. Accordingly, the correct date for its entry into the rose world would be 1898. That conclusion, however, would contradict the sources that claim Santa Rosa came first, in 1899. Scientific record keeping would have resolved the confusion. Today, both Santa Rosa and Burbank appear alike. Have they become confused over the years? Has one of them vanished and the other survived? If so, which is which? Surely, they were not the same rose to begin with, one sent out a year after the other but under a different name. Such a practice was not uncommon...

Book  (Jul 2013)  Page(s) 17.  
 
Darell Schramm. California’s Oldest Surviving Roses. 
The most prolific and most original of California nurserymen to develop new roses during these early years was Luther Burbank........
But two of his roses from this period, Santa Rosa and Burbank, have survived. Similar in description and twins in color, form and size, the plants were said to be hybrid Bourbon teas, or hybrid teas, and both are off spring of Hermosa and Bon Silene. He does state, “The Burbank rose was a product of seeds….accidentally garnered.” The introduction date usually given for Burbank is 1900. But the John Doyle Co. featured Burbank on its catalog cover in 1899, and American Gardening magazine published a picture of the rose in the November 5, 1898, issue. Accordingly, the correct date for its entry into the rose world would be 1898. That conclusion, however, would contradict the sources that claim Santa Rosa came first, in 1899. Scientific record keeping would have resolved the confusion. Today, both Santa Rosa and Burbank appear alike. Have they become confused over the years? Has one of them vanished and the other survived? If so, which is which? Surely, they were not the same rose to begin with, one sent out a year after the other but under a different name. Such a practice was not uncommon, but surely the man who gave us the ‘Russet’ potato, the ‘Shasta’ daisy, the ‘July Elberta’ peach, and the ‘Santa Rosa’ plum—to name just a few great hybrids—had no need to stoop to subterfuge. After all, he did give us roses, not least a lovely white rambler early in the next century.

Book  (2000)  Page(s) 134-135.  
 
‘Burbank’/’Santa Rosa’ = Thé… Ce fut un beau charivari lorsque le bruit courut que ‘Santa Rosa’ était en vente sous le nom de ‘Burbank’; la rumeur s’est révélée fondée. Robuste et touffu… grandes fleurs très doubles, d’un rose vif et brillant pâlissant avec l’âge, sur un beau feuillage vernissé. Burbank distribuait ses rosiers lui-même par correspondance. Burbank US 1900. Dérivé de ‘Hermosa’ x ‘Bon Silène’. St Louis World’s Fair Gold Medal 1904.

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 67.  
 
Burbank Tea, bright rose-pink shading lighter, 1900, 'Hermosa' x 'Bon Silene'; Burbank. Description.

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 108.  Includes photo(s).
 
Tea. Burbank (USA) 1900. ('Hermosa' x 'Bon Silène') Continuous flowering. Very disease resistant. Little scent.

Book  (Jun 1992)  Page(s) 328.  
 
Burbank Tea. Luther Burbank 1900

Book  (Jun 1992)  Page(s) 63.  
 
Burbank Tea. Burbank/Burpee, 1900. From 'Hermosa' (Bourbon) x a seedling lf 'Bon Silène' (Tea); or from a seedling of 'Hermosa' x 'Bon Silène'. The author cites information from different sources... Light pink and crimson...

Book  (1990)  Page(s) 70.  Includes photo(s).
 
Burbank China. Luther Burbank 1900... It is said that Luther Burbank produced this rose specifically for bedding purposes... in the 1904 World's Fair, it won the gold medal for the best bedding rose in the world...

Book  (1941)  Page(s) 96.  
 
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'.

[* Refer 'May Alexander Lippiat' 1983 reference for a mention of Hays Nursery]