Book  (Apr 1999)  Page(s) 555.  
 
Otto von Bismarck Hybrid Tea. Hermann Kiese 1908

Book  (1978)  Page(s) 195.  
 
At a show in Trier in 1900, a competition was held to choose a rose worthy to be named 'Otto von Bismarck', the prizes being the honour and three thousand marks to go with it. Peter Lambert entered his white rose, but lost, and had the satisfaction of hearing the lamentations of the jury when later in the day they visited his nursery and saw their discard growing. I do not know for what reason the winner’s introduction was delayed until 1908; it was a pink Hybrid Tea, bred by Hermann Kiese of Viselbach-Erfurt; it had a short run. Peter Lambert was more successful in Berlin, where his rose was selected to bear the name of “Frau Karl Druschki”, wife of the President of the Society concerned in that exhibition.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 79.  
 
von Bismarck, Otto (HT) Kiese at J.C. Schmidt 1908; Testout X La France, silvery pink, center carmine-pink, base light yellowish, very large, double, fragrance 4/10, floriferous, continuous bloomer, growth 6/10, like Testout. Winner of the 3000 Mark prize of the "Praktischer Ratgeber". Sangerhausen

Website/Catalog  (1933)  Page(s) 90.  
 
Otto von Bismarck (3000-Mark-Rose) (Hybrid Tea). Light purple-pink (9,5/10 ea)...Low garden plants 1 piece RM [Reichsmark] -.45

Website/Catalog  (1925)  Page(s) 83.  
 
Hybrid Tea Roses...Otto von Bismarck (3000-Mark-Rose). Silvery pink with carmine-pink center. Cutting and group rose, much recommended to plant out in cold boxes...Low-grafted garden plants 1 piece G.-M. [Gold-Mark] -.80   standards, semi-standards

Website/Catalog  (1925)  Page(s) 17.  
 
Otto von Bismarck. The colour is between Testout and La France. The form with reflexed petals is from La France, fragrant.

Website/Catalog  (1915)  Page(s) 43.  
 
Otto von Bismarck (H.T.) Colour of 'La France' and habit of' Caroline Testout'; a fine new rose that received a prize of 3,000 marks (150 pounds) offered by a German horticultural journal for the best new rose.

Magazine  (22 Jul 1911)  Page(s) 350.  
 
The Parentage of Roses.
The following list of the world's Roses and their parentage has been compiled by Mr. Robert Daniel, 38 Russell Road. Fishponds, Bristol, and by his kind permission we are enabled to publish it...
Otto von Bismarck... Hybrid Tea, J. C. Schmidt, 1908, Caroline Testout X La France

Website/Catalog  (1911)  Page(s) 23.  
 
Hybrid Teas. Otto von Bismarck. Flesh pink, highly scented. Has not done much good here.

Website/Catalog  (1910)  Page(s) 91.  
 
Last Year's Novelties.
Otto von Bismarck  (HT). Flesh pink, highly scented.  Gained £150 prize offered in Germany for best new rose.