Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 446.  
 
Philadelphia Rambler, scarlet-crimson, center lighter, 1904, 'Crimson Rambler' x 'Victor Hugo'; Van Fleet. Description.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 561.  
 
Philadelphia Rambler (multiflora) Dr. van Fleet 1904; Crimson Rambler X V. Hugo; scralet-crimson, center lighter, large, double, large clusters, once and very floriferous bloom, lasting, free-blooming, long-blooming, growth 8/10, climbing, 3 m. Sangerhausen

Book  (1930)  Page(s) 397.  
 
Philadelphia Rambler. (Conard 1902.) Bloom well double, fine form, bright crimson. Very floriferous shrub.

Magazine  (Jun 1929)  Page(s) 72.  
 
Philadelphia Rambler, cramoisi.

Website/Catalog  (1929)  Page(s) 55.  
 
Hardy Climbing Roses
Philadelphia. Hybrid Multiflora. (Dr. W. Van Fleet, 1904.) Rather large, scarlet-crimson flowers with a lighter center, double and much ruffled, borne in gigantic trusses on a rampantly growing plant.
Midseason. Flowers a trifle larger and more freely produced than Crimson Rambler. The light eye gives them added brilliance.

Website/Catalog  (1926)  Page(s) 24.  
 
Ramblers. Multiflora. Philadelphia Rambler (Lambert 1903). Very floriferous, larger blooms, like Crimson Rambler, more double, velvety red, very fine form.

Website/Catalog  (1923)  Page(s) 15.  
 
Philadelphia Rambler (1903). Multiflora. Velvety red.

Book  (1918)  Page(s) 85.  
 
[From the article "Multiflora Ramblers" by Edward K. Butler, Jamaica Plain, Mass.]
Among other excellent varieties that might well have been included in this list if space had allowed are: Leuchtstern, Mrs. F. W. Flight, Philadelphia Rambler, Wartburg, and Wedding Bells.

Website/Catalog  (1917)  Page(s) 42.  
 
Hardy Climbing and Trailing Roses
Philadelphia. — A seedling of, and an improvement upon, the glorious Crimson Rambler. It is not so strong a grower, but blooms about two weeks earlier, while the flowers and clusters are larger and of a brighter crimson.

Magazine  (Jun 1913)  Page(s) 91.  
 
L'exposition de printemps de la S. N. H. F. était fort jolie cette année et les roses merveilleuses.
MM. Lévèque et fils, exposant hors concours, présentent des rosiers d'une rare perfection. A des lots merveilleux ée rosiers hauts de tiges et rez de terre comprenant les meilleures nouveautés et le nec plus ultra des variétés pour corbeilles, ils ont ajouté, cette année, une véritable forêt de rosiers samienteux et pleureurs : Blush Rambler, Dorothy Perkins, Hélène, Philadelphia Rambler, Delight, Lady Godiva, Psyché, Casimir Moullé, Dorothy Dennisson, Diabolo, Veilchenblau, American Pillar, White Dorothy Perkins.