Book  (2 Mar 2010)  
 
‘Elli Knab’. HT, pb, 1934, Kordes; flowers flesh-cream flushed bright rose, veined vermilion, very large, dbl., high-centered, slight fragrance; foliage leathery; upright, very vigorous growth [Cathrine Kordes × W.E. Chaplin]

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 157.  
 
‘Elli Knab’. HT. Pb. 1934. Cathrine Kordes x W. E. Chaplin, Kordes. Flowers flesh-cream flushed bright rose, veined vermilion, dbl, high-centred, very large; slightly fragrant; foliage leathery; upright, very vigorous growth.

Website/Catalog  (1961)  Page(s) 31.  
 
'Elli Knab' (H.T.) Kordes, 1934. The flowers have a ground of creamy flesh tone overlaid with bright rose and tinted and veined with vermillion red; vigorous.

Book  (1959)  Page(s) 80.  
 
'Elli Knab'. Kordes, 1934. Cathrine Kordes x W. E. Chaplin. Deep pink with reverse pale pink, heavily veined, well formed, large; vigorous growth.

Book  (1954)  Page(s) 41.  
 
Elli Knab: 80 cm, the large, perfect blooms still appear in large numbers. The pure pink of these blooms is of great beauty...

Book  (1953)  Page(s) 162.  
 
Hybrid Teas. Elli Knab Kordes' Sons 34, good (filling), whitish pink, solitary, 15 cm, no fragrance

Book  (1953)  Page(s) 257.  
 
'Elli Knab'. Exhibition (type rose) . (HT) Ovoid buds, large and good forms. Rose on creamy ground. Vigorous.

Book  (1950)  Page(s) 35.  
 
Elli Knab. HT. (Kordes, 1934). Exhibition (type rose). All zones except Melbourne and Launceston & Hobart. Growth to average height.

Book  (1947)  Page(s) 140.  
 
Elli Knab (H.T.) has large, double, full flowers of good shape, borne on very vigorous and upright bushes with large leathery green foliage. The flowers have a ground of creamy flesh tone overlaid with bright rose, and tinted and veined with vermilion-red. Kordes 1934. ..Vigorous. Moderately fragrant. ..June-September. Hardy.

Book  (1944)  Page(s) 47.  
 
C. G. Hamilton, Mt. Lawley, WA
... on garden pictures: Elli Knab and Max Krause look well when mingled with Picture or Mrs. Sam McGredy in front.