Article (website)  (1982)  Page(s) 15.  
 
Duchesse de Brabant (Tea) Very double flowers of clear pink to rose.  Shapely, cupped and free flowering with a spreading habit.  1857. (C) 3 x 3’. 

Book  (1940)  Page(s) 19.  
 
H.B. Bernède, Bordeaux, France. 'Duchesse de Brabant'

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 394.  
 
de Labarthe, Comtesse (tea) Bernède 1857; flesh-pink, yellow reflexes, medium-size, 3/4-full, globular to cupped, fragrance 2/10, growth 7/10 = Duch. de Brabant; Ctsse. Ouwaroff [similar to]

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 103.  
 
Brabant, Duch. de (tea) Bernède 1857; soft pink = Comtesse de Labarthe

Magazine  (May 1931)  Page(s) 54.  
 
M. Amaury écrivit, comme il fut dit, un livre : Le Dictionnaire des Roses, entre 1902 et 1908. J'ai en mains ce précieux manuscrit, grâce à l'amabilité de son auteur. L'éminent rosiériste y fait des observations utiles au sujet de l'adaptation des diverses variétés à notre climat, cadrant avec les qualités les plus populaires dans notre pays. Il cite les noms brésiliens des variétés exotiques, comme : Guanabara (Souvenir de la Malmaison), Petropolis (Chromatella), Bella Helena (Comtesse de Labarthe), Téla de Ouro (Maréchal Niel).

Book  (1930)  Page(s) 27.  
 
The Old Roses
So much do we think of the Good Old Roses, growing more popular each year in spite of their antiquity, that we list them here by themselves.  Many of these are no longer in commerce but, recognizing their merits as well as their rich associations, we grow more of them each year.  We love and respect them.
Duchess de Brabant [sic], Tea (1857)  The favorite old decorative Tea Rose with tulip-shaped, pale pink flowers borne all season long.  Shrubby habit and vigorous grower.  ...  $1.25

Website/Catalog  (1929)  Page(s) 34.  
 
Tea Roses
These are the original Everblooming Roses, from which the Hybrid Teas... have descended. They are less hardy and need careful protection in severe climates, but they bloom more freely. These Roses are best suited to the warmer parts of the country, and southern planters should rely upon them to a large extent because of their continuous bloom, resistance to disease, and their great beauty of flower. In the North they make fine pot plants.
Duchesse de Brabant. Tea. (Bernède, 1857.) Small, tulip-shaped, double flowers of pale pink and flesh color. Vigorous, bushy growth, with excellent foliage; fairly hardy.
An old-time decorative Tea of very vigorous, shrubby habit. Growth small in North but splendid where it does not freeze.

Website/Catalog  (1928)  Page(s) 9.  
 
Hybrid Teas, Teas  and Pernetiana.
Duchesse de Brabant. Tea. (Bernede, 1857.) Light rose, shaded salmon. Very free, early and late. Another of the old ones that will never go out.

Book  (1926)  Page(s) 31.  
 
Duchesse de Brabant (Bernede, 1857): I am sure this is the rose described by Ellwanger, in The Rose, as Comtesse de la Barthe, by which name it is still grown in Australia. The Duchesse is quite hardy, living outdoors with me for many winters. Its blooms are of moderate size, cupped in form, and pretty light pink, but there is not much substance to them. In warm temperate regions it attains the dignity of a small shrub, and I am told makes a very good everblooming hedge.

Article (newspaper)  (12 Aug 1925)  Page(s) 12.  
 
For an ever-blooming pink I still pin my faith to "Comptesse de la Barthe", summer or winter it is the same. It is a decorative rose, and its colour and appearance are unequalled. 
[By R. White, President Lismore Horticultural Society]