Book  (1936)  Page(s) 610.  
 
Ries, Gartendirektor (HT) J. C. Schmidt 1916; Pharisäer X Lyon Rose; pure pink, silvery reflexes, base yellowish, large, very double, solitary, fragrance 5/10, floriferosu, repeats well, growth 7/10, upright. Sangerhausen

Website/Catalog  (1933)  Page(s) 89.  
 
Gartendirektor Ries (Hybrid Tea). The blooms, which do not nod and are well double, appear mostly solitary on long strong canes. The colour is amaranth-purple-pink (9/9,5 ga). The petals are reflexed on the edges. ..Low garden plants 1 piece RM [Reichsmark] -.45  semi-standards 1 piece RM 1.-

Website/Catalog  (1925)  Page(s) 82.  
 
Hybrid Tea Roses...Gartendirektor Ries. The blooms, which do not nod and are well double, appear mostly solitary on long strong canes. The colour is pure pink with silvery reflexes, the base yellowish translucent. The petals are reflexed on the edges. Excellent cutting and group rose  ..Low-grafted garden plants 1 piece G.-M. [Gold-Mark] 1.-  standards, semi-standards

Website/Catalog  (1924)  Page(s) 55.  
 
Pink...Gartensinspektor Ries, pink

Website/Catalog  (1923)  Page(s) 28.  
 
Hybrid Tea Roses ....  Gartendirector Ries (Schmidt, 1915). Pink.

Magazine  (Aug 1918)  Page(s) 48.  
 
The Rose Novelty Show on occasion of the Board meeting [of the German Rose Society] in Frankfurt...
The Co. J. C. Schmidt ...this company had furthermore exhibited a larger number of magnificent blooms of greatest lushness of the Hybrid Tea Gartendirektor Ries. All present were of the opinion that this rose is a full replacement for La France.

Magazine  (Apr 1918)  Page(s) 13.  Includes photo(s).
 
Gartendirektor Ries, Hybrid Tea. (J. C. Schmidt-Erfurt, 1917.)
A seedling of the crossing of Pharisäer with Lyon-Rose, this magnificent rose is similar in growth and character to the very popular sort Pharisäer, while the blooms in form and filling are like Lyon Rose, only with the pleasant difference that these do not droop, but unfold their magnificence firmly on long stems. The colour of the blooms is pure pink with a silvery reflection, the base shining through yellowish. The petals are slightly reflexed at the edges, so that it resembles very much a bloom of La France in form and colour. This magnificent rose grows upright and vigorous like the seed parent, floriferousness and hardiness do not leave wishes open as well.
This sort will be very welcome to lovers of long-stememd roses.
Named in honour of the valued Chairman of the Society of German Roselovers.
Portius.