Book  (1993)  Page(s) 70.  Includes photo(s).
 
[Listed under "Wild Roses and Their Cultivars"] Description. Bowditch (USA) 1919. (Rosa rugosa x Rosa wichuraiana) A seedling from this rose, which proved to be a fertile tetraploid, became the basis of the Kordesii Roses. Summer flowering with occasional repeat. Height: 2 1/2 ft. Scented.

Book  (1991)  Page(s) 15.  
 
Max Graf writing in the 1930s, Dr. J. Horace McFarland said, 'Max Graf' was a mass of splendid single pink flowers amid glossy green leaves... It interested me particularly because it was such a grand ground cover... I found that I could grow it in about thirty per cent access to sunlight and so it now lives at Breeze Hill...

Book  (Aug 1990)  Page(s) 53, 55.  Includes photo(s).
 
p. 53: [Photo] Bowditch, 1919; R. rugosa x R. wichuraiana... leaves turn yellow in the fall... An excellent ground cover...
p. 55: Discovered in a private garden in Connecticut

Website/Catalog  (1986)  Page(s) 5.  
 
MAX GRAFF Petites fleurs rose nuancé, peut s'utiliser en couvre sol.
[no longer listed in 1988]

Website/Catalog  (1986)  Page(s) 26.  
 

Max Graf (Procumbent)....

Website/Catalog  (1985)  Page(s) 31.  
 
Max Graf.....2 x 8’.

Website/Catalog  (1983)  Page(s) 32.  Includes photo(s).
 
Max Graf Bowditch 1919 .
Rosier rugosa couvre sol à fleurs simples rose à rose lila. Feuillage lage et robuste. Très belle floraison en juin .

Website/Catalog  (1982)  Page(s) 25.  
 

Max Graf (Hybrid Rugosa) A trailing rose, useful as a ground-covering plant and for banks. Single pink flowers, shading to white at the centre, are produced amid thick glossy foliage. They are scented. Prostrate growth, therefore maximum height about 1’ unless trained upwards. Vigorous. 1919 G. Shade tolerant. (S).

Book  (1981)  Page(s) 97.  
 
1919 In the nursery of J.H. Bowditch of Connecticut, a chance seedling from R. rugosa x R. wichuraiana was found and introduced as 'Max Graf'. It displayed a vigorous trailing growth, very healthy foliage and great winter hardiness, and it soon gained considerable popularity in the United States for ground-cover purposes. The pinkish blooms were sterile for all practical purposes.

Book  (1958)  Page(s) 130.  
 
Graham S. Thomas. Ground Cover for Roses and Roses for Ground Cover.
Rather earlier flowering is 'Max Graf'; in this the completely prostrate growth of R. wichuraiana is inherited, coupled with the wider silky blooms of R. rugosa in clear pink, and something of the latter's rougher leaves and prickles. The shoots root themselves as they lie on the ground, and it creates a perfect ground-cover; it may even achieve fame in this respect, to equal its prowess in being a fecund parent in the production of the new Kordes climbing roses. It is both useful and charming when in bloom at midsummer.