Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 141.  
 
Gardenia Wichuraiana rambler. Parentage: R. wichuraiana x 'Perle des Jardins'. USA 1899. Description and cultivation... fully double creamy white flowers...

Book  (May 1992)  Page(s) 317.  Includes photo(s).
 
Gardenia Manda (USA) 1899. R. wichuraiana x 'Perle des Jardins'... creamy-white... deeper creamy-yellow centre petals... Pleasing fragrance reminiscent of apples... Foliage dark green and glossy...

Newsletter  (1991)  Page(s) 80. Vol 12, No. 1.  
 
Peter Beales:  The rose on the screen now is Gardenia.  It's not the most free flowering but it's perhaps the most beautiful in its flower form.  We acquired this rose quite by chance.  Some cuttings were sent to us from a lady in Jersey and she had it under a different name but it was obvious when it flowered in the nursery that it was not the rose she thought it was.  We went to some trouble, including sending samples to Graham Thomas, to discover its proper name and we came to the conclusion that it was Gardenia.  This is a rose that should be more widely distributed because it is superb.  The foliage, too, is rather nice. 

Book  (1967)  Page(s) 93, 185.  
 
p. 93: Two wichuriana ramblers we admire greatly, the single Jersey Beauty, and the double Gardenia, inherit their large creamy-yellow flowers from their parent, Perle des Jardins.

p. 185: Two early American ramblers, with large creamy-yellow flowers, were raised from a cross between R. wichuriana and the straw-yellow Tea Rose, Perle des Jardins - a favourite inn some of our older gardens. Unfortunately, we do not grow either of these beautiful roses. ...its double counterpart, Gardenia, was known in the United States as a hardy Maréchal Niel. Both these plants thrive in the sulphur-laden air of Rotorua, in the heart of one of our thermal districts, where they are growing in a garden once owned by a man who used to drive the old mail coaches...

Book  (1965)  Page(s) 83.  
 
'Gardenia'. Manda, 1899. R. wichuraiana X 'Perle des Jardins', a yellow Tea Rose. Similar to 'Albéric Barbier' with small dark green glossy leaves. The flowers are very double, quartered, rather cupped, of creamy white deepening to yolk-yellow in the centre, fading to nearly white in hot sun. True apple scent. 18 feet.

Book  (1958)  Page(s) 126.  
 
Gardenia. R. (W. A. Manda, 1899.) R. wichuraiana X Perle des jardins. Bud pointed, yellow; fl. well formed, creamy white, center yellowM small spray on short strong stem. Fol. small, dark, glossy. Very vig.

Book  (1955)  Page(s) 77-78.  
 
Gardenia (1899). I never thought of this favorite of mine as a Rambler yet so it is by birth, but the semidouble flowers are larger, to 2 to 3 inches, and in small sorays on short, strong stems rather than in tight clusters. A lovely, lovely rose, with pointed yellow buds, creamy-white, yellow-centered flowers. The dark glossy foliage is very resistant. No trouble, this one.

Website/Catalog  (1954)  Page(s) 27.  
 
 Gardenia.  Really a wonderful variety that is tractable in making pillars or training in any special way;  also disease free.    It is one of the hardiest climbers in getting close to yellow.    Its medium sized, well formed buds open to cream colored blooms.    On the old place I had a 12 ft pillar and it was a sight to behold as it did not freeze down so easily as the rest. 

Book  (1947)  Page(s) 151.  
 
Gardenia (wichuraiana rambler) has long-pointed medium-sized buds opening to semi-double flowers of creamy-white with yellow centre, borne in small sprays. The foliage is deep glossy green and freely produced. Manda 1899. Deciduous. Climber. Without scent....July. Hardy.

Book  (1947)  
 
p25.  Gardenia (wich rambl) – for pillars, arches and pergolas.
p43.  Gardenia (wich. Ramb.)  Manda, 1899.  Bright yellow, changing to cream.  Petals 12.  Very vigorous.  Pillar, arch, pergola.  One of the best yellow wichuraianas.  Blooms pale with age.    Early July flowering.   Prune 37 (group 2) or 39.