Website/Catalog  (1946)  Page(s) 26.  
 
Rosiers Hybrides Remontants formant hauts buissons ....
DUCHESS OF SUTHERLAND (A. Dickson 1912). Fleur beau rose eglantine, grande, pleine, odorante.

Book  (1942)  
 
p25. Alister Clark. …..Rivers catalogue of 1834…… Apart from 'Duchess of Sutherland' and…. I know few of the others listed.

p26 Alister Clark. It was at Berkhamsted that dear old Edward Mawley showed me 'Bennett’s Seedling' covering the front of his house, and a standard of the old 'Duchess of Sutherland' which he moved with him whenever he changed houses.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 689.  
 
of Sutherland, Duchess (HP) Laffay 1839; flesh-coloured, large, double, fragrance 7/10, growth 5/10.

Book  (1935)  Page(s) 178.  
 
Duchess of Sutherland Laffay 1840, rosy pink, large, full, shy in autumn

Book  (1934)  Page(s) 156.  
 
T. A. Stewart “An Old-Time Catalogue”: Through the courtesy of Associated Nurseries, Melbourne, Vic., we are able to reproduce part of a catalogue nearly 100 years old, which as a curiosity, is worth reproducing. We quote only a few of the Roses named therein from which it will be seen that the compiler was not deficient in imagination. Among the many quaint names the Editor finds two well-known varieties 'Souv. de la Malmaison' and 'Duchess of Sutherland' which still have a place in his garden.

Book  (1922)  Page(s) 99.  
 
Rev. Joseph H. Pemberton. Recollections. Another Rose of which we had a handsome bush was 'Duchess of Sutherland', raised by Laffay in 1839. I do not think it was perpetual although in later times it was classed as a hybrid perpetual. Of course it was not pruned according to the drastic method which came into fashion with the advent of the hybrid perpetuals, but we let it grow just as it liked and thinned it out from time to time. That bush when in flower was a grand sight, it bore large cupped rosy pink blooms in abundance, and one is inclined to believe that Mr. Bennett's chez d'oeuvres, 'Her Majesty' and 'Mrs. John Laing' owe something to 'Duchess of Sutherland', especially the latter, which both in form and perfume it closely resembles. I should like to grow 'Duchess of Sutherland' again if one knew where to get it.

Book  (1918)  Page(s) 56.  
 
H. R. Darlington. A Study of Form in the Rose. H. R. Darlington.
Henry Curtis published the first volume of his Beauties of the Rose in 1850 and the second in 1853…..
Somewhat unkindly, perhaps he prefaces his description of each Rose with the catalogue description of the variety given by Messrs. Rivers, Lane, Wood, Wm Paul and himself. For instance, in the case of the ‘Duchess of Sutherland’, an H.P. raised by Laffay in 1839, a standard of which, grown by the late Mr. Mawley, is illustrated in the “Rose Annual, 1916”, p 122, the description is headed:
Rivers – Bright rose – mottled – large, superb.
Lane – Glossy blush – very beautiful.
Wood – Bright rose – mottled – very splendid.
Paul – Pale rose – magnificent – very large and very double – cup – vigorous.
Curtis – Deep pink – most beautiful form and very sweet.
From this we may gather, that while accuracy in the description of colour was then found no easier than it is today, our catalogue writers of 1917 have no monopoly in the use of superlatives.

Book  (1916)  Page(s) 122.  Includes photo(s).
 
Edward Mawley. How I began Rose Growing. ….Fortunately I came across my father’s copy of Dean Hole’s Book About Roses, which I had given him some years before as a birthday present. This, with my recollection of the names I had heard him mention, enabled me to select the number of Roses wanted. One of these was ‘Duchess of Sutherland’. I will at once state that this is the very plant which I brought with me to Berkhamsted thirty years ago, and is almost as vigorous as ever. The accompanying illustration was made from a photograph taken last summer by the late Mr. F. W. Harvey, then Editor of “The Garden” only a few weeks before his sad and untimely death. When the Society last held its Provincial Show at Norwich I happened to be sitting next to Dean Hole at the luncheon. We began chatting about the older Roses, and I told him about my plant of ‘Duchess of Sutherland’. He said, ”I believe you are the only man in England who still has one.” Presently he added, “I am going to stay with the Duchess of Sutherland in a few days. Could you manage to send me a bloom or two when there? This I did, and I also sent some buds to enable the gardener to obtain plants of it. The ‘Duchess of Sutherland’, one of the very first of the H.P.’s is still worth growing. It is vigorous, perfectly hardy, flowers freely again in the autumn, and is very sweet scented. Its only defect in the eyes of modern rosarians would be that the petals are rather shorter than most of our modern Roses.

[Caption to photo:] ‘Duchess of Sutherland’ (H.P.) One of the original trees with which Mr. Mawley began Rose growing 42 years ago.

Book  (1909)  Page(s) 144.  
 
‘Duchess of Sutherland’. H.P. 1839. Colour: Rose. Vigorous. Beds or pils. Med [mode of pruning in] March. Very double.

Magazine  (Jul 1907)  Page(s) 254, 256.  
 
p. 256: Parmi les sortes classées sous la rubrique Variétés ayant des rapport aux Hybrides de Bengale et aux Portlands se trouvent un certain nombre de sortes qui, comme Madame Laffay, Duchesse de Sutterland furent classées plus tard dans les hybrides remontants.

p. 256: En 1847, les hybrides remontants se multiplient beaucoup. En 1848, Oger, de Caen, a obtenu Georges le Camus, cette nouvelle variété se place dans la section des Hybrides remontants, tels que Roses Jacques Laffitte, Madame Danrasme, Baronne Prévost, La Reine et Duchesse de Sutherland, avec lesquelles elle a beaucoup de rapports.