Book  (1948)  Page(s) 123.  
 
Terry Honeybun.  I Remember, I Remember...
...At a later date the same grower [Mr. Veit] exhibited a bunch of Mrs. Foley Hobbs, perhaps the last rose one would imagine for bunch work, but they were so delicate in colouring and the petals so daintily frilled they really commanded attention. 

Book  (1945)  Page(s) 42.  
 
Alister Clark.  Rose Roundabout
All the Roses sent to the Show as decoratives from "Glenara" are unwired, and so are not so easily arranged effectively as most of the other Roses in the Show; but as wiring is allowed, unfortunately, weak stemmed Roses are held up unnaturally, as in the case of Mrs. Foley Hobbs, Mrs. George Geary, Crimson Glory, Mrs. Henry Bowles, Mrs. E. G. M. Gibson, and others.

Book  (1941)  Page(s) 114.  
 
Mr. H. J. Brunning.  East St. Kilda, Vic.
The following are not suitable for a garden Rose:- Mrs. Foley Hobbs and Dame Edith Helen.

Website/Catalog  (1938)  Page(s) 34.  
 
Bush Roses
Mrs. Foley Hobbs (Tea) By Dicksons of Hawlmark, 1910... Ivory white, tinted pink; large massive blooms of exquisite form. Exhibition. Tea perfumed. Gold Medal N.R.S.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 269.  
 
Foley-Hobbs, Mrs. (tea) A. Dickson 1910; tender ivory-white, occasionally greenish white, tender pink reflexes on the edges, medium size, very double, lasting, fragrance 5/10, mediocre, floriferous, continuous bloom with interruptions, growth 6/10, upright. Sangerhausen

Book  (1931)  Page(s) 105.  
 
A moderate grower, with solid, well-shaped, ivory white blooms, which generally hang their heads; purely exhibition.
George Knight, 'Tea Roses in New South Wales'

Website/Catalog  (1924)  Page(s) 16.  
 
Mrs. Foley Hobbs.- Fl. très gr., blanc d'ivoire délicat, bord des pétales teinté rose clair.
 

Website/Catalog  (1924)  Page(s) 43.  
 
(148) Mrs. Foley Hobbs (T.) (A. Dickson, 1910), F.2. - Ivory White, tinted pink. large very full blooms, which are invaluable to an exhibitor. Unless particularly well grown, the blooms are too heavy for the stem. Cannot recommend for garden purposes though it lasts well in water when it is fit to pick.

Website/Catalog  (1922)  Page(s) 23.  
 
(49) Mrs. Foley Hobbs (T.) (A. Dickson) F. 2. Ivory white tinted pink. Large, very full blooms which are invaluable to an exhibitor. Unless particularly well grown, the blooms are too heavy for the stem.

Book  (1922)  Page(s) 413.  
 
[in the listing of roses in commerce] Mrs. Foley Hobbs (T.) Alex. Dickson & Sons 1910 - Flower delicate ivory-white, faintly tinged clear pink on the edges of petals, very large, full, well formed, tea-perfumed. Growth vigorous, free, erect.