Book  (1936)  Page(s) 63.  
 
Bedford, Duchess of (HP) Postans 1879; Ch. Lefèbvre X ? ; light crimson to glossy scarlet, large, double, globular, fine form, floriferous, growth 8/10.

Book  (1910)  Page(s) 283.  
 
Duchess of Bedford Hybrid Perpetual; flowers dazzling light scarlet-crimson, surpassing in brilliancy any known Rose of its colour, large, full, and of perfect globular shape, a vigorous grower, with fine foliage; one of the best.

Booklet  (1904)  Page(s) 21.  
 
Duchess of Bedford. (Postans 1879). Rich velvety-crimson, suffused with scarlet; full and of perfect shape.  Free. Exh. Gdn. 

Book  (1899)  Page(s) 55.  
 
Duchess of Bedford, HR, Postans, 1879, cramoisi clair

Magazine  (29 Aug 1896)  Page(s) 155.  
 
Two vivid Hybrid Perpetual Roses.—The two most brilliant Roses among the H.P.'s flowering just now are Victor Hugo and Duchess of Bedford. The former is a rich velvety scarlet, shaded maroon. It is not very double, but it amply compensates for this defect in its brilliancy and free-blooming qualities. It is of rather moderate growth. Duchess of Bedford is of a totally different character. It has grand petals, the outer ones being tinted down the centre of each with a peculiar purplish colour, the remainder of the flower being intense scarlet crimson. It is a fine exhibition and garden Rose, even if at times it is a little thin. The growth is very vigorous.

Website/Catalog  (1894)  Page(s) 175.  
 
Hybrid Perpetual Roses.
Duchess of Bedford  Flowers dazzling light scarlet crimson; large, full, and of perfect globular shape.

Book  (1882)  Page(s) 10.  
 
Duchess of Bedford... Variété recommandée pour l'ornement des jardins. Variété à cultiver pour les Expositions de fleurs. Hybride Perpétuel. Postans. 1879 Cramoisi écarlate. Fleur grande. Plante vigoureuse.

Magazine  (1 Mar 1881)  Page(s) 47.  
 
Le vaste et splendide établissement de MM. William Paul et fils que nous avons visité et admiré à plusieurs reprises a mis au commerce un grand nombre de rosiers nouveaux aux époques ci-après:
...Countess of Rosebery, Duchesse of Bedford, R. Dudley Baxter, hybrides remontantes, 1879.

Magazine  (Feb 1879)  Page(s) 33.  
 
Les Roses Nouvelles .... 1879. M. William Paul, Angleterre.
Duchesse of Bedford. — Très-vigoureux et florifère, grandes fleurs, d’un rouge cramoisi très-brillant

Magazine  (11 Jul 1878)  Page(s) 29.  
 
Several new Roses have been exhibited this year, some of them for the first time, in a manner that affords evidence of their intrinsic merit. [...] Of the yearlings those to be made a note of and ordered are Captain Christy's Earl of Beaconsfield (Messrs. G. Paul & Son), Mr. W. Paul's Countess of Rosebery and Duchess of Bedford, and Mr. Turner's Dr. Sewell and Harrison Weir. No new French Roses of the year have as yet even nearly approached in merit those sterling English varieties.