Magazine of Horticulture, 10: 246-248 (July 1844)
Art. II. Descriptions of Mr. Feast's Seedling Rubifolia or Prairie Roses. By the Editor.

Queen of the Prairies.—Synonyms: Beauty of the Prairies, Feast's No. 1. Madame Caradori Allen of Buist's Manual. This variety has been well described in our volume VII. p. 134. It is the most splendid of the group. The flowers are very large and cupped, of a fine rose color, and appear in clusters of from ten to twenty each, often not more than three to five, unless the plants are strong. The foliage is very large, deeply serrated, and of a dark green, nearly smooth on the surface; spines, strong and rather distant.

Madame Caradori Allen.—Flowers, bright pink and semi-double, in every other respect similar to the Queen, having the same large and vigorous foliage, and habit of growth. Mr. Feast states that he did not think this variety worth preserving, after he had raised the Queen, until the last season, when its free flowering and other qualities made it a desirable variety.