Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 512.  
 
Rehder Species (OGR), medium pink, Flowers pink

Book  (1981)  Page(s) 270.  
 
'Rosea'. (= R. rugosa x R. rugosa alba). Flowers pink, single.

Website/Catalog  (1928)  Page(s) 19.  
 
Rugosa rosea glabrata.- Très larges fl. rose carmin.

Book  (1888)  Page(s) 26.  
 
...Rosa rugosa, Thunberg....deren gefüllte Varietät seit mehr als 30 jahren Bewohnerin unserer Gärten ist. Demungeachtet wurde die wildwachsende Art neuerdings wieder als "Rosa Regeliana, Linden et André und die Varietät R. rugosa flore pleno unter den Namen "Kaiserin des Nordens"eingeführt. Die Kultur aller hierher gehörenden Varietäten flore albo simplici, flore roseo simplici, flore rubro pleno (Kaiserin des Nordens), Souvenir de Yeddo, Mikada, Taïcoun, Comte de Epremesnil u. A.)ist eine überaus leichte. Sie sind, mit Ausnahme 'Souvenir de Yeddo', welche Varität vom Froste leidet, vollkommen winterhart, gedeihen, ohne beschnitten zu werden, in jedem Boden und in jeder Lage....

Translation:
Rosa rugosa, Thunberg .... whose double variety has lived in our gardens for more than 30 years. Nonetheless, the wild species has recently been reintroduced as "Rosa Regeliana, Linden et André" and the variety R. rugosa flore pleno under the name "Kaiserin des Nordens". The culture of all the varieties that belong here: flore albo simplici, flore roseo simplici, flore rubro pleno (Kaiserin des Nordens), Souvenir de Yeddo, Mikada, Taïcoun, Comte de Epremesnil, etc.) is an extremely light one. With the exception of 'Souvenir de Yeddo', which suffers from frost, they are completely hardy, thrive without to be pruned, in every soil and in every position ...

Magazine  (23 Apr 1887)  Page(s) 271.  
 
Rosa rugosa rosea, from Japan, is a comparatively new rose here, aud should be planted with caution. It is a somewhat rampant grower, mossy with spines and makes a picturesque shrub, bearing large, rosy-pink single flowers succeeded by very pretty, brightcolored hips. It mildews in some places, however, pretty badly in summer and fall, which destroys its beauty. Where it succeeds it would make a very picturesque hedge.

Magazine  (Aug 1877)  Page(s) 408.  
 
Rosa rugosa is listed in Louis van Houtte's plant catalogues of 1876-1877 with following varieties and prices: Flore albo simplici Frcs. 1.50, flore roseo simplici Frcs. 1.50, flore rubro pleno Frcs. 1.-, Souvenir de Yeddo (Morlet) large, double, China pink with silky sheen, often striped white, Frcs. 1.50.