Website/Catalog  (1938)  Page(s) 44.  
 
Polyantha and their Hybrids (Dwarf Bedding Types)
No pruning necessary except to remove the past season's flower stems.
Charmaine... Pink, tinged salmon; large double flowers. Vigorous with glossy green foliage. Introduced 1929.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 145.  
 
Charmaine (polyantha) Burbage 1928; Ev. Thornton X Ev. thornton (self-crossing); mother-of-pearl-pink, flecked salmon-pink, medium size, very double, opens, very lasting, cluster-flowered, fragrance 5/10, floriferous, continuous bloom, long strong stems, glossy light green foliage, growth 6/10, short, well-branched, hardy. Sangerhausen

Book  (1934)  Page(s) 69.  
 
Alex Ross. Ashton, South Australia. Polyantha Roses.
Charmaine and 'Maud Gladstone' are of rather tall growth and are very similar in colour, being pink with salmon shading.

Book  (1933)  Page(s) 155.  
 
Lewis Levy. The Newer Dwarf Polyanthas.
1929. Charmaine reminds one of a wild Rose, and the colouring is very pretty, but it is not too free, and its growth is unshapely.

Book  (1931)  Page(s) 230.  
 
New Roses of the World.
Charmaine Poly. (Burbage Nurs., 1929). 'Evelyn Thornton' x 'Evelyn Thornton'. Type, 'Orleans Rose'. Bud double, open, full, very lasting, fragrant, pink tinged salmon, opening to pleasing shade of pink, borne in long arching spray on long, strong stem. Foliage abundant, medium size, bright green, glossy, disease-resistant. Growth very vigorous (2 ft.), branching, bushy; profuse, continuous bloomer all season. Very hardy. Award of Merit, R.H.S., 1928.

Book  (1931)  
 
p78. Lewis Levy. The History and Evolution of the Dwarf Polyantha.
....while Charmaine and 'Little Dorrit' look to be most promising.

p85. ibid. Charmaine 'Evelyn Thornton' (self cross). Salmon pink. Raiser Burbage Nurs.

Book  (1930)  Page(s) 220.  
 
New Roses of the World. Great Britain and Ireland.
Charmaine Poly. (Burbage Nurs., 1928). Flower large, clear shell-pink. Very free bloomer. Award of Merit, R.H.S., 1928.