Magazine  (Jul 1940)  Page(s) 154.  
 
"Pest-Proof, Fool-Proof, All-Purpose Roses". Some Outstanding Species Described By C. R. McGinnes
I will list briefly the characteristics of some of the outstanding sorts among the more than two hundred which we have in our garden at this time.
There is a hybrid given me by the late G. A. Stevens from Breeze Hill Gardens, which is unusually lovely. It is a cross of R. Hugonis and R. spinosissima altaica, by Dr. Van Fleet. The flowers have five regular overlapping petals, something like light yellow waterlilies, three to four inches in diameter, and they completely cover the canes from top to bottom. Why it has never gotten into commerce is a mystery.

Book  (1937)  Page(s) 71.  
 
Hugonis x spinosissima [ploidy] 21