Website/Catalog  (1982)  Page(s) 23.  
 
Little Gem (Moss) A pleasing little moss rose with button-like flowers of bright crimson.  Bushy, compact growth. 1880.  (S) 3 x 2’. 

Book  (1950)  Page(s) 44.  
 
Of these pocket editions of Provence and Moss Roses one of the most delightful here is 'Little Gem', its bright rosy-cerise well swaddled in moss.

Book  (1947)  Page(s) 137.  
 
'Little Gem' is a very free-flowering rose, heavily mossed, and a clear bright crimson in colour.

Website/Catalog  (1939)  Page(s) 8.  
 
[Old Fashioned Roses booklet].
'Little Gem'. (W. Paul, 1880). A rare remainder of the miniature old Pompon Mosses. Plants are dwarf, very compact, and produce clusters of tiny, double, bright crimson flowers with heavily mossed buds, richly scented.

Website/Catalog  (1938)  Page(s) 46.  
 
Moss and Provence Roses.
Their beautiful buds and delicious fragrance render these great favourites, and deservedly so.
Pruning.—These should be slightly pruned. Remove all old wood, thin out some of the past season's shoots where overcrowded, shorten the laterals of those remaining, and cut back the young growths to about six eyes. Prune in February or March.
Little Gem... Crimson. Beautifully mossed. Small. Introduced 1880.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 128.  
 
'Little Gem'. W., Paul, 1880. Summer. 2 in. Tyrian rose to rich crimson, neat flower, petals laid back, centre lightly curled over pistil, very few anthers, richly scented. Pedicel and hip with long moss, green, rusty tinged. Calyx mossy, winged. Leaves small, held out, petiole thorny and glanded. Wood green, red straight thorns, and bristles. A very attractive and free miniature variety.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 293.  
 
Gem, Little (moss) W. Paul 1880; crimson, small, double, regular, center rosette-form, well mossed, growth 5/10, 50 cm. = Cramoisi de Meaux; Crims. Moss de Meaux. Sangerhausen

Website/Catalog  (1921)  Page(s) 23.  
 
Roses.
Little Gem, very small, double, crimson; class: Moss; habit of growth: moderate.

Website/Catalog  (1914)  Page(s) 37.  
 
Moss Roses.
Their beautiful buds and delicious fragrance render these great favourites, and deservedly so. For Pruning see notes on Provence Roses. [These should be but slightly pruned. Remove all old wood, thin out some of the past season's shoots where overcrowded, shorten the laterals of those remaining, and cut back the young growths to about six eyes. Prune in February or March.]
Little Gem... Paul & Son, 1880, moderately vigorous. Crimson, beautifully mossed; small.

Website/Catalog  (1912)  Page(s) 78.  
 
'Little Gem', small double crimson, rosette shaped, beautifully mossed.