1909 H. Kemp, Unley Park Nurseries, S.A. p28. HT. Lady Battersea Beautiful cherry crimson, with orange shading; blooms carried on long stems; very attractive; free and good.
1911. Geo. H. Mellen Co., Innisfallen Greenhouses, Ohio, USA p7. Lady Battersea This variety has long pointed buds of the largest size and very striking in form; the color is bright cherry-crimson; the stems are stiff and extremely long; a vigorous grower and free in bloom.
1918 The Rose Annual p74. H. R. Darlington. A Study of Form in the Rose. Lady Battersea an early Rose long in the bud, is purely decorative……We may trace the decorative type, of which I have taken ‘Lady Battersea’ as an example, in very varying form through ‘Edu Meyer’, looser and less shapely, through ‘Betty’, good in August, ’Mme. Segond-Weber’, ‘Mrs. Alfred Tate’ and ‘Dorothy Ratcliffe’ to ‘Ophelia’, one of our most successful garden Roses…..
