Book  (Jun 1992)  Page(s) 286.  
 
Rosette de la Legion d'Honneur Hybrid Tea. Bonnaire 1895. The author cites information from different sources... Carnation red, veined yellow... The bud looks singularly like the medal of an officer of the Legion of Honor...

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 410.  
 
Legion d'Honneur, Rosette de la (HT) Bonnaire 1896; salmon-carmine, shaded flesh-colour, center lined yellow, mediumk size, lightly filled, flat, in clusters of 3-7, fragrance 5/10, floriferous, repeats well, rosette-buds, growth 7/10, climbing, 1,50m. Sangerhausen

Website/Catalog  (1911)  Page(s) 18.  
 
Tea-Scented Roses. Rosette de la Legion d'Honneur Red, shaded cerise, lined with yellow in centre of each petal; beautiful in bud; semi-climbing.

Magazine  (Nov 1910)  Page(s) 171.  
 
De la même série (rose rouge); Triomphe de Pernet Père, Souvenir de Wooton, Rosette de la Légion d'honneur, Pierre Guillot; sauf peu de variations dans les coloris, tout aussi méritantes et dignes d'être répandues dans nos jardins.

(1908)  Page(s) 61.  
 
Hybrid Tea-scented Roses.
Rosette de la Legion d'Honneur... vigorous, carnation-red changing to salmon-carmine, lined with yellow, small and semi-double, produced in clusters; a pretty decorative variety.

Book  (1908)  Page(s) 325.  
 
Rosette de la Legion d'Honneur (H.T.) Bonnaire, 1896. -- Carnation-red, lined with yellow. -- Very vigorous. -- Garden, bush, pillar. -- One of the best autumnals. -- A good buttonhole rose. -- (Prune sparingly.)
[not listed in the 1920 edition]

Website/Catalog  (1897)  Page(s) 6.  
 
New Roses.
Rosette de la Legion d'Honneur. (HT). Buds carnation red, shaded with cerise and vermilion; open flowers salmon carmine, lined with yellow in the centre of each petal; small, but of good shape, growth semi-climbing.