Magazine  (1891)  Page(s) 338.  
 
Liste des rosiers obtenues par M. Et. Levet
Miss Mary Paul, hyb. de thé, 1881

Website/Catalog  (1889)  Page(s) 59.  
 
Tea-scented and Hybrid Tea-scented Roses.
May Paul. Red outside with lilac inside, like Gloire de Bordeaux, but more free, and flowering on the very young plants; a fine variety.

Book  (1885)  Page(s) Vol. 2, p. 138.  
 
Thé. Miss Mary Paul. Ant. LEVET 1881. Bois sarmenteux, vert foncé; peu d'aiguillons; grande fleur, bien faite, à l'extérieur rouge, à l'intérieur blanc lilas, par moments veinée et striée. Forme globuleuse, qui en s'epanouissant devient cupuliforme. Arbuste très vigoreux, surtout les jeunes plantes; très florifère.

Book  (1884)  Page(s) 22.  
 
Miss Mary Paul. (Ant. Levet, 1882). Climbing habit; dark green foliage, few prickles; lage, fine form; colouring outside red and inside lilac-white, occasionally very veined and lined. Descends from hybrids of "Gloire de Dijon".

Book  (1883)  Page(s) 228.  
 
The Roses of 1882...Miss May Paul (tea, Levet) is a characteristic rose; it has smooth wood, long canes, broad foliage; the large initially globular then cupped bloom is coloured purple-lilac and finely formed. Appears more similar ro a hybrid perpetual than a Tea, although it is supposed to descend from Gloire de Dijon. Rank 1-2.