Magazine  (1 Dec 1835)  Page(s) 268.  
 
A Description of Roses. By Mr. T. Rivers, jun., Nurseryman, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire.
In attempting a descriptive catalogue of Roses, I hope to be excused errors, which it seems almost impossible wholly to avoid. Roses vary so much in their form and colour in different seasons and situations, as sometimes scarcely to be recognised... what I hope to accomplish is, to give an idea of what they ought to be in form and colour, under favourable circumstances of soil and situations; and where there is so much confusion as at present in the names and arrangement of Roses, to be among the first in attempting a correct nomenclature.
Climbing Roses.
Drummond's Thornless, bright rose, cupped and double.

The following terms are used to express the form of the Flower:
Cupped.—The outer row of petals erect, rather incurved, enclosing numerous smaller petals; the crimson perpetual Rose when first open will illustrate this term.

Magazine  (1830)  Page(s) 227-228.  
 
Report upon the New or Rare Plants which flowered in the Garden of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick, between March, 1825, and March, 1826. Part II. Hardy Plants. By Mr. John Lindley, F.L.S. &c. Assistant Secretary.
Read September 4th and 18th, 1827.

Rosa Alpina ; Garden variety, speciosa.
This remarkable variety appears to be a hybrid production, between Rosa Alpina and Rosa Indica. To the former it approaches in being destitute of prickles, in the blistered surface of its young leaves, and in the general habit. To the latter it may be compared on account of its clustered flowers, and the form, crimson tinge, and glossiness of its foliage.
It is a low bush, with vigorous, erect, nearly naked, vinous shoots, covered with a glaucous bloom. The branches are nearly unarmed, bearing occasionally a few straight, scattered prickles. The leaflets are oval, somewhat shining, and simply serrated; their stipules much dilated, and their midrib strongly coloured with red. The flowers are semi-double, with somewhat loose flaccid petals, of a very brilliant carmine, fading into pale rose colour as the blossoms approach decay. The peduncles are slightly glandular; the tube of the calyx ovate, smooth, and the sepals nearly simple, not quite so long as the petals, and coarsely covered with minute glands.
This was raised by Mr. James Drummond of Cork, by whom plants were sent to the Society's Garden in 1824. The flowers appear in June and July. It has been distributed from the Garden under the name of Drummond's Thornless Rose. It is one of the earliest Roses that blow, and one of the most striking.

Magazine  (1828)  Page(s) 244.  
 
Rosa alpina, garden variety speciosa. This is supposed to be a hybrid, between R. alpinum and R. indica. The flowers are semi-double, of a very brilliant carmine, fading into pale rose colour as the blossoms approach decay. This was raised by Mr. Drummond of Cork. The flowers appear in June and July. It goes under the name of Drummond’s Thornless Rose, and is one of the most striking of the tribe.