Book  (1936)  Page(s) 611.  
 
Rivals, Mme. (HP) Gonod 1866; A. Mie X ? ; soft silky pink, large, double, fragrance 3/10, growth 6/10.

Magazine  (15 Jul 1911)  Page(s) 338.  
 
The Parentage of Roses.
The following list of the world's Roses and their parentage has been compiled by Mr. Robert Daniel, 38 Russell Road. Fishponds, Bristol, and by his kind permission we are enabled to publish it...
Madame Rival... Hybrid Perpetual, Gonod, 1866, Seedling Augusta Mie

Book  (1902)  Page(s) 112.  
 
Hybrides Remontants. Groupe A. — La Reine Syn. Rosier de la Reine
Les rosiers de ce groupe sont vigoureux, rustiques, à rameaux toujours droits, un peu rigides, munis d'aiguilIons petits et assez rapprochés: feuillage serré, vert; fleur en coupe, coloris variant du rosé tendre au rosé vif. Ils drageonnent au loin, comme les Provins dont ils se rapprochent beaucoup par leur végétation.
3439. Madame Rivals... (Gonod 1866)... rose satiné.

Book  (1899)  Page(s) 115.  
 
Madame Rivals, HR, Gonod, 1866, rose satiné

Book  (1882)  Page(s) 23.  
 
Madame Rival... Variété recommandée pour l'ornement des jardins. Hybride Perpétuel. Gonod. 1866 Rose tendre. Fleur moyenne. Plante vigoureuse.

Book  (1880)  Page(s) Annex, p. 84.  
 
hybrid perpetual, Madame Rival, soft silky pink, large, double, very beautiful globular form, magnificent rose.

Magazine  (13 May 1875)  Page(s) 346.  
 
Synonymes (Teas), 1, Belle de Bordeaux, or Gloire de Bordeaux; 2, Bougère, or Clotilde; 3, Clara Sylvain, or Lady Warrender, or Madame Bureau; 4, Madame Maurin, or Adèle Pradel, or Madame Denis; 5, Madame Bravy, or Alba rosea; 6, Souvenir d'un Ami, or Queen Victoria; 7, Celine Forestier, or Liesis; 8, Le Pactole, or Madame de Challonge; 9, Madame Deslongchamps, or Adelaide Pavie; 10, Narcisse, or Enfant de Lyon; 11, Catherine Guillot, or Michel Bonnet; 12, Louise Odier, or Madame de Stella; 13, Modèle de Perfection, or Celine Gonod; 14, Augusts Mie, or Madame Rival; 15, Le Lion des Combats, or Beaute Francaise; 16, Louise Peyronny, or Laelia; 17, Madame Masson, or Gloire de Chatillon. These, in my opinion, should not have gone out; I will buy either on their own roots—say twenty plants. 18, Maurice Bernardin, or Exposition de Brie, or Ferdinand de Lesseps, or Augnete Neumann (I see no difference here); 19, Sénatéur Favre, or Puebla, or François Fontaine; 20, Sophie Coquerelle, or Julie de St. Aignant; 21, Virginal, or Madame Liabaud; 22, Madame Campbell d'Islay, or Triomphe de Valenciennes. —W. F. Radclyffe.

Book  (1872)  Page(s) 206.  
 
The Hybrid Perpetual.
333. Madame Rival; flowers pale satin-like rose, large, full, and of fine form; growth, vigorous.

Magazine  (1867)  Page(s) 178.  
 
New Roses of This and Last Year. By W. D. Prior.
The following, in addition, are those which appear to be most worthy of attention:... Madame Rival (Gonod)...

Magazine  (Nov 1866)  Page(s) 336.  
 
The New Roses for 1967. By W. D. Prior.
Hybrid Perpetuals.
Madame Rival (Gonod). — Habit very vigorous; flowers large, full, well shaped, delicate satin rose. Seedling from Auguste Mie.