Book  (1940)  Page(s) 18, 24.  
 
Page 18: Ben Arthur Davis Hybrid Tea. (J.A. Bostick 1935)... yellow base, lighter at edges, reverse golden yellow, pinkish tint...
Page 24: J.A. Bostick, Rose Hill Farm, Route 4, Tyler, Texas. 'Ben Arthur Davis'

Book  (1938)  Page(s) 89.  
 
R. Marion Hatton.  New Roses in America. 
Ben Arthur Davis is a yellowish sport of Edith Nellie Perkins, and while I would not want to call it a yellow Rose, there is enough yellow to set it apart from its important parent, and I rather like it. It was discovered by James Bostick, of Tyler, Texas.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 194.  
 
Davis, Ben Arthur (HT) Bostick 1935; sport of Edith N. Perkins; golden-yellow, edges lighter, reverse golden-yellow, soft pink reflexes, double, cup form, lasting, floriferous, bushy growth.