Newsletter  (May 2015)  Page(s) 11. Vol 36, No. 3.  Includes photo(s).
 
Peter Holmes, President Bermuda Rose Society.
"Bermuda's Catherine Mermet": A medium-sized bush, up to a height of 5ft. (1.5m) with a spreading form. The buds open to creamy-coloured double blooms with the slightest hint of faint lilac-pink on the outer petals. This is an excellent rose for cutting. A number of U.S. rosarians call this "Bermuda's Catherine Mermet" because the colour seems to be at variance with the rose they grow, bred by Guillot fils in 1869, which is lilac-pink. Our "Bermuda's Catherine Mermet" may be a sport called 'The Bride'.

Book  (2006)  Page(s) 83.  
 
"Bermuda Catherine Mermet" [see also 'Rubens'] T. Good reliable rebloom. Outstanding fragrance. Breeder and date unknown. [Provenance: Manners; Bernuda]. This foundling from Bermuda with cupped pink flowers with a creamy undertone is the same as what is grown by us as 'Rubens', which may indeed be a false attribution. Gwen Fagan in Roses at the Cape of Good Hope portrays this with the name 'Archimedes', a name which she points out has not been found in the old literature.

Book  (15 Oct 2001)  Page(s) 97.  
 
"Bermuda's Catherine Mermet". A Medium-sized bush, up to a height of five ft (1.5m) with a spreading form. The rounded leaves are medium gray with coppery, widely-toothed edges and leaf stalks with a prickle on the reverse. They have finely bristled edges. The buds are pointed, with tiny foliations on the sepals and show a medium to deep pink colour. They open to flesh-coloured double blooms with the slightest hint of faint lilac-pink on the outer petals. Although the three to four inch (7.5 - 10cm) blooms usually have beautiful form, it is not unusual for them to have a split or muddled centre. They tend to spot when it rains. This is an excellent rose for cutting. Also this rose is at variance with the 'Catherine Mermet' found elsewhere.

Book  (15 Oct 2001)  Page(s) 88.  
 
Phillip Robinson. Tea Roses. Bearing a close resemblance in many characters to the last rose is "Rubens" (1859). Originally collected by Fred Boutin in Mexico for the Huntington, I have found it in several places in California. I am not absolutely convinced of the name since Gwen Fagan pictures it as 'Archimede' (1855) in her book Roses at the Cape of Good Hope and rosarians in Bermuda know it, incorrectly as 'Catherine Mermet'.

Book  (3 Nov 1997)  Page(s) 63.  Includes photo(s).
 
Bermuda's Catherine Mermet Description... flesh-coloured double blooms with the slightest hint of faint lilac-pink on the outer petals... A number of U.S. rosarians call this "Bermuda's Catherine Mermet" because the colour seems to be at variance with the rose they grow, bred by Guillot Fils in 1869...

Book  (1984)  Page(s) 24.  Includes photo(s).
 
No 17. [Bermuda] 'Catherine Mermet' (1869) a vigorous grower, reaching a height of 5 ft, spreading in form. The foliage is medium green. The buds are pointed and show a deep pink colour, opening to blooms that are flesh pink and have beautiful form, as big as 4" across. They tend to spot when it rains. This is an excellent rose for cutting.

Book  (1980)  Page(s) 129.  
 
Peter Harkness. Roses in Bermuda.
Popular are 'Catherine Mermet' (whitish pink, 1869).

Magazine  (1965)  Page(s) 33. Vol 14, No. 1.  
 
Elizabeth Ball. Roses in Bermuda.
Next to Perle is another Tea known locally as "Solitaire" because of its habit of producing one bloom to a stem. It has been tentatively identified as 'Catherine Mermet' (1869). The bud is slim and tapered compared to the fat stubby bud of Perle' [des Jardins]. The flower is double, flesh coloured with the slightly ruffled edges tinted lilac pink; it has a subtle fragrance, the foliage is medium green. This is an excellent rose for house decoration but it does have the habit of becoming mottled during wet weather. If the rain keeps up the bloom eventually looks quite pink.