Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 154.  
 
Elegans Rambler, Flowers white [w]. ('Double White'), R. arvensis hybrid.

Book  (1877)  Page(s) 63.  
 
The Ayrshire Rose:
...that semi-double variety known as the Double White, will often make shoots in one season twenty or thirty feet in length.

Book  (1877)  Page(s) 66.  
 
The following extract from the 'Dundee Courier' of July 11, 1837, will give some idea how capable these roses are of making even a wilderness a scene of beauty:-
'Some years ago a sand pit at Ellangowan was filled up with rubbish found in digging a well. Over this a piece of rock was formed for the growth of plants which prefer such situations, and amongst them were planted some half-dozen plants of the Double Ayrshire Rose, raised in this neighbourhood about ten years ago. These roses now most completely cover the whole ground, a space of thirty feet by twenty. At present they are in full bloom, showing probably not less than ten thousand roses in this small space.'

Magazine  (1842)  Page(s) 21.  
 
Ayrshire Elegans.- White.

Website/Catalog  (1837)  Page(s) 10.  
 
The Summer Rose Garden.
Climbing Roses.
Ayrshire Roses (Rosa arvensis).
Elegans, or Double White...white, expanded, semi-double.

Magazine  (1 Nov 1836)  Page(s) 241.  
 
A Description of Climbing & Autumnal Flowering Roses, by the Rev. James Jones, A. M. Bristow Rectory.
Many of the Autumnal Flowering Roses being now in bloom, both climbers and others, I forward for insertion in the Cabinet, a list of what I know to be good. The kinds I have seen in bloom, and have carefully compared the flowers with the descriptions given by Mr. Rivers, Mr. Wood, and others, celebrated for growing Roses, that I can testify to their correctness and agreement, as to merit. I have forwarded the list now in order that, being inserted immediately, it will be serviceable to those persons desirous of procuring plants for autumn planting.
Climbing Roses. Ayrshire Roses (Rosa arvensis.)
Elegans or Double White, colour, white; form, expanded, semi-double.