Book  (1983)  Page(s) 125.  
 
'Thisbe'. (1918). Semi-double rosette-like flowers which are creamy yellow on opening. They are intensely fragrant and bloom over a long period. Height over a metre, and has a fair crop of tiny red fruit.

Book  (1968)  Page(s) 24.  Includes photo(s).
 
p20 Black and white photo. 'Thisbe forms a compact bush, bearing rich creamy-buff flowers which are extremely musk-scented.

p24. Article by Graham Thomas. …..Considerably more upright are those two fully double varieties ‘Prosperity’ and ‘Pink Prosperity’, making bushes up to 6 ft or more but much less in width and therefore more suitable when planted behind others. A shorter plant, with wonderful fragrance is the buff-yellow ‘Thisbe’.

Book  (1965)  Page(s) 494.  
 
'Thisbe'. 1919. Of the same parentage of 'Prosperity', but it grows only 4 ft tall, with pale-green foliage, and bears small, flat, double blooms of apricot-buff.

Book  (1963)  Page(s) 162.  
 
'Thisbe'. 1918. ‘Marie Jeanne’ x ‘Perle des Jardins’ (?). It is fortunate that this variety has such a pronounced Musk fragrance, otherwise in spite of its colour I should be inclined to neglect it. Semi-double rosette blooms open from rich buff-yellow buds, fading later to creamy buff, enclosing rich golden stamens. Erect growth and light green leaves; the later sprays of bloom resemble those of ‘Cornelia’ in shape. This is near to the Lambertiana group but on account of its fragrance should never be forgotten 4 feet by 4 feet.

Book  (1960)  Page(s) 76.  
 
Rosemary James. The So-Called "Hybrid Musks".
'Thisbe' appeared about five years later [than 'Danae'], and is another of moderate proportions, with a rather buff tint to its semi-double yellow blooms, paling away to warm cream, and having a very heavy musk scent.

Book  (1958)  Page(s) 404.  
 
Thisbe. Hybrid Musk. (Pemberton, '18.) Daphne sport (?). Full, rosette shape, very fragrant, chamois-yellow; large cluster. Vig., bushy; recurrent bloom.

Book  (1947)  Page(s) 250.  
 
Thisbe (Hybrid Musk) bears large clusters of dull-yellow full flowers upon vigorous tall bushes with attractive green foliage. Pemberton 1918....Tall growth. Very fragrant...June-September. Hardy.

Book  (1940)  Page(s) 239.  
 
'Thisbe'. HMs. (Pemberton '18) 'Daphne' sport (?) Full, rosette shape, very fragrant, chamois-yellow, large cluster on strong stem. Vig., bushy; recurrent.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 703.  
 
Thisbe (hybrid moschata) Pemberton 1918; chamois-yellow, medium size, double, flat, rosette-form, upright clusters of 10-20, fragrance 7/10, repeats well, long strong stems, growth 7/10, upright, bushy, 1,50 m. Sangerhausen

Book  (1934)  Page(s) 340.  
 
Thisbe (hybrid musk), 1918.- Chamois yellow; very vigorous; large bush; prune lightly; semi-single.