Magazine  (1895)  Page(s) 117.  
 
III. — ROSA ALPINA. Un peu moins vigoureuse que les variétés de la section précédente, celles qui appartiennent à ce groupe ont pour principaux caractères : des rameaux à peine pourvus d'aiguillons, des folioles longues elliptiques à dents écartées et des stipules très dilatés surtout au sommet. Parmi les plus jolies variétés de cette série nous citerons : R. a. var. Boursault. — Variété à fleurs simples d'un beau rouge, considérée par M. Crépin, auteur déjà cité, comme hybride entre le Rosa alpina et le Rosa indica.

Book  (1866)  Page(s) 141.  
 
The Boursault Rose.
Rosa Alpina. — This familiar climbing rose is easily known by its long shoots, nearly or quite free from thorns, and the reddish tinge, shaded into green, which marks the stems of most of the varieties. Its parent is a native of the Alps, and it is perfectly hardy. The flowers grow in clusters. In the Old Red Boursault, they are semidouble, and indifferently formed; but some of the other varieties show great improvements both in shape and color.

Book  (1860)  Page(s) 111.  
 
Rosa alpina L. - Boursault....
Old red, large, semi-double, beautiful cherry-red, pales slowly, flat. This is the original Boursault-Rose.

Book  (1858)  Page(s) 132.  
 
Rosa alpina Boursaultii .... Old Red Boursault, large, semi-double, beautiful cherry-red, but gradually getting paler, flat form. Arching habit, vigorous. An impressive pillar and weeping rose.

Book  (1849)  Page(s) 33, supplement.  
 
Descriptive List of Roses.
List of roses that bloom only once in the season.
Climbing Roses. Boursault Rose.
1937 Red...cupped bloom form. Bright red, semidouble.

Book  (1848)  Page(s) 13.  
 
Summer Roses, Blooming in May, June, and July.
The Alpine or Boursault Rose.
7. Old or Red Boursault; flowers bright cherry when first opening, gradually becoming paler; large and semi-double; form, expanded. Habit, pendulous; growth, vigorous. A showy pillar or weeping Rose. The original Boursault Rose.

Website/Catalog  (1844)  Page(s) 74.  
 
Rosa Alpina.
The Boursault Rose.
Red Boursault, bright pink, semi-double

Book  (1844)  Page(s) 14-15.  
 
Red [Boursault] or 'Pink' [Boursault] is the oldest variety with flowers only semi-double; the colour is pretty, and its profusion, at a distance, makes up for deficiency of petals.

Book  (1837)  Page(s) 50-1.  
 
The Boursault Rose.
(Rosa Alpina.)
M. Boursault, formerly a great Parisian Rose amateur, gave his name to the group, by the first double variety, the Red, being named after him. [...]
The Red Boursault is our oldest variety, and though only semi-double, it is distinct, pretty, and still a rose worth cultivating.

Magazine  (1 Dec 1835)  Page(s) 268.  
 
A Description of Roses. By Mr. T. Rivers, jun., Nurseryman, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire.
In attempting a descriptive catalogue of Roses, I hope to be excused errors, which it seems almost impossible wholly to avoid. Roses vary so much in their form and colour in different seasons and situations, as sometimes scarcely to be recognised... what I hope to accomplish is, to give an idea of what they ought to be in form and colour, under favourable circumstances of soil and situations; and where there is so much confusion as at present in the names and arrangement of Roses, to be among the first in attempting a correct nomenclature.
Climbing Roses.
Boursault, Red, bright rose, cupped and semi-double.

The following terms are used to express the form of the Flower:
Cupped.—The outer row of petals erect, rather incurved, enclosing numerous smaller petals; the crimson perpetual Rose when first open will illustrate this term.