Website/Catalog  (1970)  Page(s) 8.  Includes photo(s).
 
ALAIN. —  Grandes fleurs doubles d'une superbe couleur homogène rouge géranium écarlate brillant. 60 à 70 cm.

Website/Catalog  (1966)  Page(s) 24.  
 
ALAIN - (Meilland 1946). Très florifère, rouge géranium brillant. H. 0,60/ 0,80 m.

Website/Catalog  (1960)  Page(s) 24.  
 
ALAIN (Meilland 1946). Fleurs rouge foncé moiré, étamines jaune d'or. O[dorante]. 

Website/Catalog  (1958)  Page(s) 31.  
 
'Our Princess'....darker than Alain.

Book  (1958)  Page(s) 4.  
 
Alain. Floribunda. (F. Meilland; int. C-P, '48.) (Guinée X Skyrocket) X Orange Triumph. Bud ovoid; fl. medium size, semi-dbl., slightly fragrant, bright carmine-red; cluster. Fol. glossy, dark. Upright, bushy; profuse bloom. (28) Geneva Gold Medal, '48.

Book  (1955)  Page(s) 109.  
 
'Alain' Polyantha-hybrid. The blooms, which are usually gathered in large clusters, are double crimson-red, and very durable. As the plant flowers continuously until late harvest it is an excellent garden-rose. It is also healthy and hardy. Moderately fragrant. Tall

Article (misc)  (1954)  Page(s) 49.  
 
Alain 28 chromosomes.

Book  (1953)  
 
p133.  Frank Mason, Feilding N.Z.  Some Newer Roses.
Frensham will take a lot of beating as a garden or bedding rose, but the newcomer, Alain, is running it very closely. It is a good grower and has a slight scent which has so far been lacking in these roses.

p136.  Mr. Jim Bennett.  N. Z.  Rose Forum.
Alain - Excellent.  Darker than Eutin. 

Website/Catalog  (1953)  Page(s) 21.  
 
ALAIN (Meilland 1946). Fleurs rouge brillant moiré étamiues jaune d'or. Le plus beau Polyantha rouge.

Book  (1952)  Page(s) 141.  
 
Dr. A. S. Thomas.  A Victorian View of the New Roses. 
Chatter: Another large-flowered bright crimson Floribunda. Alain, Chatter, Margraten and Our Princess are all great new roses of this type, and in almost the same shade of red—brighter than Anne Mette Poulsen and not as dark as Nigger Boy.