Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 449.  
 
Pink Beauty Hybrid Tea, clear pink, 1919, 'Ophelia' x 'My Maryland'; Cook, J. Description.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 61.  
 
Beauty, Pink (HT) Cook 1919; Ophelia X My Maryland; light pink to coral-pink, medium to large, semi-double, open, cup form, lasting, solitary, fragrance 7/10, floriferous, continuous bloom, growth 7/10, upright, 80 cm.

Website/Catalog  (1929)  Page(s) 38.  
 
New Roses 1929
Pink Beauty (HT) (John Cook). The colour is pretty coral rose pink. Buds are well shaped and pointed and the open flowers are of attractive build carried on good stiff stems. Habit is good and growth vigorous. Few thorns. Good tough leathery foliage. 5/- each.
Very big but only 25 petals. Loose bloom which drops quickly.

Website/Catalog  (1929)  Page(s) 9.  
 
Recent Introductions and Rare Varieties
Pink Beauty. Hybrid Tea. (J. Cook, 1919.) The long- pointed flowers are large, clear pink, fragrant, and very lasting. A strong, vigorous-growing, hardy plant with thick foliage; very free-blooming.
The shape of the bloom is much like Radiance— if anything, it is larger. Its freedom of bloom is remarkable and its compact, healthy habit is especially commendable.

Book  (1926)  Page(s) xiii.  
 
[From an advertisement in the American Rose Annual 1926, p. xiii:] Kingsville Nurseries spotlighted Two Garden Roses That Are of Real Merit: 'Pink Beauty' (one of John Cook's best Roses, Silver Medal at Hartford Trial-Garden) and 'John Cook' (a new rose from Germany, much like the lovely old 'La France' but more vividly colored, and of dwarfer and more ever-blooming habit....