Magazine  (1999)  Page(s) 107. Vol 83, Part 4.  
 
C and K Jones advertisement
New for 1999.  Special Friend  a pink patio rose, first shown at Hampton Court. 

Magazine  (1998)  Page(s) 87. Vol 92, part 3.  
 
Colin Horner. 1997 International Trials at St. Albans.
'Special Friend'. (KIR846A) (1930). Dwarf Cluster Flowered; creamy peach; bears clusters of very many double blooms; growth bushy, 2 1/2 ft. Scent light. 'Sheri Anne' x 'Pretty Polly'. Kirkham, England.