Book  (1946)  Page(s) 63.  
 
Doreen Marriott, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
The roses I find satisfactory...hardy and able to stand up during the hot burning days with a minimum of water are: 
The Doctor: A firm favourite with me; hardy, with sturdy growth, and the very large, sweetly perfumed, lasting flowers just light up the garden.

Website/Catalog  (1945)  Page(s) 20.  
 
'The Doctor'. Large buds. opening to semi-double to double blooms of a particularly pleasing shade of rich, satiny pink. The petals are unusually large and broad, building up very high class flowers which are freely produced. Growth is good. Highly recommended.

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p64.  Anthony Poulsen.  Roses in Canterbury, N.Z. 
The Doctor has grown much better this year, and, of course, the blooms are superb. It lost some foliage, but one cannot be critical of that this year. All the praises it has received are well merited.

p87.  Mr. S. J. Bisdee. Roses in Tasmania.
The Doctor: Growth much improved this year and may yet make a bush. The blooms are lovely, but stems are short.

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p73.  J. Poulsen, Christchurch, NZ.  Southland Roses.
At last I have been privileged to grow that great Rose, The Doctor. The growth was decidedly moderate, and in the first blooming the flowers were of good colour but not so large as I had expected. During the past few weeks, however, it has been producing huge blooms of a most glorious pink colour. Some of these were the finest I have ever seen of any variety. One man who saw the blooms at their best remarked that nothing more beautiful could possibly be found in flowers. In spite of the large size, the blooms are most refined. It is a Rose that will at all times require the best of cultivation, but if a plant only produced two or three blooms in a year the fortunate grower would be well repaid for his labour.

p80.  Dr. A. S. Thomas.  An Exhibitor's Opinion.
The Doctor: Low growth; very free blooming. Wonderfully clear, uniform pink blooms of huge size, which at their best are very good, but too many are loose and floppy. Undecided about keeping it.

p85.  Mr. S. J. Bisdee.  Tasmanian Roses
The Doctor: Still does not grow well, but it was very free with its lovely and very sweet blooms, which are, however, borne on rather short stems. They are best here in late summer.

p87.  Mr. Frank Penn, Remuera, NZ.  Random Notes. 
I am getting disappointed with The Doctor. I have tried it on two different stocks, and also on its own roots, and with me it will not grow, but remains a poor stunted thing. I have seen magnificent blooms and good bushes, but, alas! The Doctor seems to sulk with me, despite all my efforts to make him smile. The blooms are a lovely warm pink, and when it thrives it will assuredly become very popular.

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p80.  Dr. A. S. Thomas.  Victoria.  The Best of Recent Introductions.
The Doctor (Howard and Smith, 1936), three plants two years old: Good growth, beautiful colour. Form is always fairly good though seldom perfect. Opens well, despite its enormous size - really too big.

p84.  Mr. S. J. Bisdee. Tasmanian Roses.
The Doctor: Gave me some very nice blooms this season, but its growth so far leaves much to be desired.

p90.   Mrs. V. E. Randall, Research Station, Denmark, WA
The Doctor, good growth, one bloom will perfume the whole room. It is an acquisition; its satiny pink colour is something to look at.

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p39.  Alister Clark. The Roses in My Garden
Again Messrs. Howard and Smith score with that huge lovely pink Rose The Doctor. If it will bear flowers like the first bloom I had on a baby plant it will surely be welcomed everywhere. The colour is beautiful and the size so large that one begins to wonder if Roses after all can be too big, a state of things I at one time could not picture;

p99. Mr. T. G. Stewart.  The Best of the Latest Importations.
Next in order of merit I would place The Doctor. Growth appears to be good, colour a nice soft pink, blooms very large, and, although loosely built, the form is good. Although the blooms are large they still have refinement.

p108.   Mr. S. J. Bisdee.  Tasmanian Notes.
The Doctor.- Did not grow very well, mildewed, contracted black spot and defoliated badly. I hope these defects will not prove permanent, as in February it gave me some lovely blooms of light satiny pink and the buds were superb.

p116.  Mr. D. Toogood, Box Hill, Vic. 
The Doctor.-Two of last winter's plantings have made fine bushes. In mild weather the blooms have an excellent form in centre, but outside petals are too loose for exhibition. In hot weather it opens too quickly, but its colour is very attractive. It should become a favourite for the decorative class.

Website/Catalog  (1941)  Page(s) 10.  
 
New Roses 1940. The Doctor (HT. Howard & Smith 1936) F. 3. Large buds, opening to semi-double to double blooms of a particularly pleasing shade of rich, satiny pink. The petals are unusually large and broad, building up very high class flowers which are freely produced. Growth is good. Highly recommended. E. 2/6 each.

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p14.  Harry H. Hazlewood. The New Roses of 1940.
The Doctor (Howard and Smith), named in honour of the beloved Editor of the American Rose Annual, is a fitting tribute to a long life of untiring and increasing work on behalf of the Rose. In size, shape, colour, fragrance and growth it is hard to fault this beautiful variety. The summer blooms were good, but those produced in April and May were breath-taking in their superb qualities. The colour is warmer and more refined than most other varieties, while the long, broad petals build up a high-class bloom which will gain immediate popularity. Advices from England hinted that the growth was somewhat below standard, but local experience shows it has grown as well as any other vigorous variety nearby. Too often with extra good sorts the rush to propagate sufficient stocks to hold down novelty orders results in a weakening of constitution, but comparison side by side with other new and older sorts shows growth here is certainly not its weakness.

p112.  Mr. Allen A. Brundrett.  The New Importations of 1940.
The Doctor, H.T. (Howard and Smith, U.S.A.), is undoubtedly the most outstanding variety this season, and is a dual purpose exhibition, garden or decorative variety. The petals are the largest and broadest ever seen in Roses, open flowers frequently measuring six inches in diameter, and the satiny deep pink is of a beauty beyond description. The petals number from 25 to 40, and the huge flowers are frequently of a high exhibition order. The growth is good and the fragrance pronounced.

Website/Catalog  (1940)  Page(s) 20.  
 
New Roses 1940.  The Doctor (HT. Howard & Smith 1936) Large buds, opening to double to semi-double blooms of rich satiny pink of a very pleasing shade. The foliage is light green, while the growth is good with continuous blooming. 5/- each.
Good growth, pleasing colour, splendid shape with 35-40 large broad petals. A beautiful variety.

Book  (1939)  Page(s) 11.  
 
C. C. Hillary. Hayward’s Heath; England’s Test Garden
Of the named varieties in the test beds at the time of my vist perhaps the best was a new Rose sent over for trial by Howard and Smith, of Los Angeles.  Named The Doctor, presumably after Dr. McFarland, the editor of the "American Rose Annual," it is a good pink Rose, large and with a really sweet perfume. I was not altogether pleased with its shape, however, as the outer petals seemed to hang rather awkwardly.