Website/Catalog  (1983)  Page(s) 20.  
 
Compassion ® Harkness 1975.
Grande fleur rose saumon avec des reflets orange abricot. Feuillage abondant, brillant. Fleuri durant toute la saison.

Book  (1978)  Page(s) 140.  
 
'Compassion'   Climber  Apricot pink  Remontant     P7   H3 
The sweet  scent and pleasing colour of  'Compassion' have  made  a favourable impression on the rose world since my company introduced this rose in 1973; but it has another valuable feature of making  basal growths with more  freedom   than common  in  the class. The colour varies from light to salmon pink; the deeper the pink, the more apricot. It has abundant foliage, dark and glossy, and is a fairly vigorous grower. I raised it from 'White Cockade' x 'Prima Ballerina'.

Magazine  (Jul 1975)  Page(s) 38.  
 
International Rose Novelty Competition in Baden-Baden 1975
...The roses of the year 1973 came to final judging after three trial years...
Bed No. 106 Climbing, 'Compession' [sic] (Harkness England)...Gold and Special Prize of the Casino Baden-Baden

Book  (1974)  Page(s) 17.  Includes photo(s).
 
E. F. Allen.  Awards To New Rose Seedlings In Great Britain In 1973
......which are sufficiently strongly scented to be considered for the Henry Edland Memorial Medal. I myself had no difficulty in listing ten such seedlings so it must be considered a vintage year for perfume.  The coveted award finally went to Jack Harkness's 'Compassion' ('White Cockade' x 'Prima Ballerina'), a repeat-flowering climber with attractive pale orange-salmon flowers in clusters and a very strong reliable scent. This had received a Trial Ground Certificate in 1972.

Website/Catalog  (1974)  Page(s) 26.  
 
BELLE DE LONDRES (Harkness 1973). PRO[tégée] ...... Pleur rose abricot saumoné, feuillage sain. 

Book  (1973)  Page(s) 31.  
 
E. F. Allen, England.  R.N.R.S. Awards To New Rose Seedlings In 1972.
Compassion ('White Cockade' x 'Prima Ballerina'). A climber, by Jack Harkness, with scented flowers of a pink and orange blend. The side branches are perhaps too spreading for use as a pillar rose but this would be no disadvartage when trained on a trellis. It is too soon to judge how well it repeats in autumn. Trial Ground Certificate.