Website/Catalog  (1921)  Page(s) 13.  
 
Roses.
Crimson Rambler, crimson, double. Producing large trusses. Subject to mildew; class: Polyantha; habit of growth: very vigorous.

Book  (1920)  Page(s) 313.  
 
Crimson Rambler (Mult.) Turner, 1893.- Bright crimson.- Vigorous pillar.- Pilalr, pergoal.- Summer.- (Prune none.)

Book  (1917)  Page(s) 52.  
 
Crimson Rambler. This is the best known of the climbers and cannot be excelled for vigorous growth and flowering. It has, of course, but one period of blooming except in exceptional cases.

Book  (1917)  Page(s) 8-9.  
 
In 1878, Prof. R. Smith sent from Japan to Mr. Jenner in England a Rose which the recipient named The Engineer in compliment to the profession of its donor. In course of time this Rose came into possession of a nurseryman named Gilbert who exhibited some cut flowers of it under the above name in 1890, and received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. Soon afterward Messrs. Chas. Turner, of Slough, purchased the stock and changed the name to Crimson Rambler. This Rose is generally assumed to be a hybrid between Rosa multiflora and some China Monthly Rose, but to me this view is untenable. I do not think it has any China Monthly blood in it at all. It has long been cultivated in China and I consider that, like the Seven Sisters Rose, it is a sport from the common, wild pink-flowered China Rambler (R. multiflora, var. cathayensis). These various Chinese Roses were introduced from Chinese gardens where they have been cultivated from time immemorial and their wild prototypes were not discovered, much less introduced, until comparatively recently.

The true Rambler Rose (R. multiflora) is a native of Japan and has single white flowers in large panicles. This was sent to Lyons, France, from Japan in 1862, by Monsieur Coignet, an engineer. The pink-flowered Chinese variety has only just been dignified by a distinctive name.

Website/Catalog  (1917)  Page(s) 41.  
 
Hardy Climbing and Trailing Roses
Crimson Rambler. — Produces a profusion of large clusters of deep crimson semi-double flowers. A splendid variety for covering walls, verandas, pillars, etc., being so vigorous in growth as to make shoots of from eight to ten feet during the season; or it may be pegged down or grown in bush form with rich and striking effect. Foliage subject to mildew.

Book  (Apr 1915)  Page(s) 78.  
 
In Roses and Rose Growing, Rose G. Kingsley (The Macmillan Co.) states that the Banksias, some of the Multifloras such as Crimson Rambler, and one Noisette, Fortune's Yellow, "only flower on the sub-laterals, i.e., on wood three years old."

Website/Catalog  (1914)  Page(s) 33, 44.  
 
p. 33: Climbing Roses for Conservatory.
For conservatory climbing we can supply strong plants specially grown for this purpose. The undernoted varieties can be supplied in pots, strong plants 6-ft to 14-ft. long.
7-inch Pots, 3/6. 8-inch Pots, 5/- to 7/6.
Crimson Rambler, crimson.

p. 44: Climbing Section.
Crimson Rambler (Polyantha)... Turner, 1893, very vigorous. Crimson, double, producing large trusses, a magnificent variety.
Extra-size plants, 1/6

Website/Catalog  (1914)  Page(s) 5.  
 
Turner's Crimson Rambler (multiflora), bright crimson-red. Vigorous

Magazine  (Nov 1913)  Page(s) 172.  
 
Crimson Rambler à cessé à me plaire, il prend le blanc, le puceron, la chenille....Henry Thomas

Book  (1913)  Page(s) 19.  
 
The Multiflora Roses: A Selection of Varieties
(The approximate date of flowering is given in each case.)
Crimson Rambler. — One of the most widely-grown of climbing roses. The bunches of intense red flowers make a brilliant display while in full beauty, and show splendidly against the rich green foliage, but as they fade the colouring is unattractive. July 6.