Book  (2007)  Page(s) 353.  
 
National Emblem, HT, dr, 1915, McGredy ... short description

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 237.  
 
Emblem, National (HT) McGredy 1915; dark crimson, shaded velvety crimson, vermilion towards the edges, medium size, well double, fine form, high-centered, lasting, fragrance 5/10, floriferous, continuous bloom, strong long stems, few prickles, fragrant foliage, growth 6/10, bushy. Sangerhausen

Website/Catalog  (1929)  Page(s) 28.  
 
Everblooming Roses
The so-called Everblooming Roses include the Hybrid Tea and Pernetiana groups. They do not bloom all the time, but if kept healthy and growing steadily, one crop of flowers succeeds another at brief intervals.
National Emblem. Hybrid Tea. (S. McGredy & Son, 1915.) Dark crimson blooms, overlaid with velvety shades and vermilion, unusually well-formed for a red Rose, and fairly fragrant. Strong growth and abundant bloom.
A very beautiful and deeply colored Rose with petals of heavy substance, making it fine for cutting as well as garden decoration.

Website/Catalog  (1924)  Page(s) 25.  
 
National Emblem.- Fl. pleine, cramoisi velouté très foncé, bouton très pointu; floraison abondante.

[no longer listed in the 1926 catalogue]

Website/Catalog  (1923)  Page(s) 38.  
 
Hybrid Tea Roses .... National Emblem (Gredy, 1915). Crimson-red.

Magazine  (Mar 1922)  Page(s) 20.  
 
"New Roses for the Garden" by Charles E. F. Gersdorff
Intense dazzling crimson reds are all too rare. [...] Among all the fine Roses sent from Ireland, none is of more promise that National Emblem (McGredy & Sons, 1915) dark crimson overlaid with a velvety sheen, and blending lighter towards edges of vermilion. It has fine form and is a fine new color combination.

Book  (1922)  Page(s) 36.  
 
Let us take National Emblem. How did our esteemed and worthy friend, McGredy—the big, genial, open-hearted Irishman—obtain that variety? Was it derived from a Tea like Comtesse de Caraman, Francis Dubreuil, or Princesse de Sagan? He alone knows. This much is certain—National Emblem is mildew-proof; it is the right type for immunity. It defies the spores of the disease; they can find no congenial resting place on its foliage, stems, or thorns.

Magazine  (Jul 1920)  Page(s) 144.  
 
NATIONAL EMBLEM.- (Mac Gredy), Couleur cramoisi foncé, teinté de cramoisi velouté passant au vermillon vers les bords, genre « Château de Clos Vougeot », à fleurs pleines, très belle à l'automne.

Book  (1918)  Page(s) 76.  
 
H. R. Darlington. A Study of Form in the Rose
... was almost the only crimson H.T.  to stand the sun. It is a loose flower, however, but shapely in the bud. Hoosier Beauty and National Emblem are both better in this respect, but share a certain weakness of stalk (except as maidens), which is to be regretted.

Book  (1917)  Page(s) 32.  
 
Selections from Recent Garden Roses by Aaron Ward, Roslyn, N. Y.
1915
National Emblem. (McGredy.) Dark Crimson; moderate, bushy.