Article (newsletter)  (Jul 2012)  Page(s) 31.  
 
Gem of the Prairies was introduced by a contemporary of Feast and Pierce, Adolphe Burgess in 1859 or 1860. The plant I received from Ashdown Roses some years ago appears to be identical with what I have received as Geschwind’s Orden. It is unclear to me which is the correct name, but this is most definitely a Setigera hybrid, with round flowers of rich rose purple and an outer halo of white that creates a very dazzling effect. There is further evidence of Boursault rose ancestry in this variety as well; the young canes are nearly thornless and reddish in coloring.

Article (magazine)  (2011)  Page(s) 121-122.  Includes photo(s).
 
[The author believes 'Geschwinds Orden is lost and that the rose in commerce is actually the same as 'Gem of the Prairies']
In the Rosenkultivarium [author's garden in Baden/Vienn], we have compared plants from various provenances - among them a plant from the Europa-Rosarium Sangerhausen - and 'Gem of the Prairies' (hybrid setigera, Burgess 1860, introduced 1878 in Europe by Schwartz as 'Bijou des Prairies') over several years in a comparative planting 'Geschwinds Orden'. All these roses showed no difference over the years and we are therefore convinced, that it is the same variety.

Book  (2006)  Page(s) 273.  
 
Description. Notes that the identification of the rose in commerce in the USA as 'Gem Of The Prairies,' is in questions, as it appears identical to the rose distributed as 'Geshwind's Orden.'

Book  (2003)  Page(s) 53.  
 
'Bijou des Prairies'

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 202-203.  
 
Gem of the Prairies ('Bijou des Prairies') Hybrid Setigera, rosy red; parentage: 'Queen of the Prairies' x 'Mme. Laffay'; Burgess, A., 1865...

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 581.  
 
Prairies, Bijou des (hybrid setigera) Schwartz 1880; vivid pink, shaded white, medium size, 3/4-full, cluster-flowered, fragrance 6/10, once-blooming, growth 8/10, climbing, 3 m. = Gem of the Prairies. Sangerhausen

Prairies, Gem of the (hybrid setigera) Burgess 1876; Queen of the Prairies X Mme. Laffay; whitish pink, climbing habit. = Bijou des Prairies.

Book  (1933)  Page(s) 182.  
 
Gem of the prairie. A. Burgess, 1865. A Setigera hybrid with almost double, lively rose-pink flowers tinted white.

Book  (1924)  Page(s) 178.  
 
Gem of the Prairies. (H. Set.) Burgesse, 1860 (Beauty of the Prairies X Mme. Laffay (HP.).) Very hardy.
Red, sometimes showing white; fragrant, medium to large. Not as hardy as remainder of the class. Ellwanger stated that this rose is the only one of the class on which seed is often found in the open air, and suggested it as the best for hybridization - this was, of course, before the day of the Multiflora and Wichuraiana hybrids, which have superseded the Setigera climbers save in the extreme North.

Book  (1924)  Page(s) 31.  
 
Climbing roses for the northern zone...Red...
Gem of the Prairies Set. (good)

Magazine  (Jun 1910)  Page(s) 239-240.  
 
A l’Ecole d’horticulture de l’Etat, à Gand, tous les montants des contre-espaliers sont garnis de Rosiers sarmenteux qui produisent un très bon effet et enlèvent aux charpentes en fer beaucoup de leur raideur. M. Burvenich père, qui a publié ce renseignement en 1891 dans le Bulletin d’arboriculture, de floriculture et de culture potagère, à propos de la Rose Félicité-Perpétue signalait comme Rosiers sarmenteux recommandables : Belle de Baltimore, Bijou de Lyon, William’s Evergrem, Bijou des prairies, Eva Corinne, Laure Bavoust, Madame Sancy de Parabère, de la Grifferaie et Ornement des Bosquets.