Magazine  (1852)  Page(s) 381-2.  
 
"On the Merits of Various Rose Stocks Used for Budding and Grafting." by William Willison.
...Before closing, I would just state why I chiefly prefer Victoria to Manetti. Not because I had the honour of raising it from seeds of Rose ruga, about ten years ago, of which I am certainly proud, but for its being more quickly propagated. Such is the difference here, that were I to commence with one plant each, I have no hesitation in saying, that I could rear five hundred plants of Victoria before I had obtained one hundred of Manetti. This is one of the most important of the facts relating to the two stocks: in another district or soil, however, it might be vice versa.

[The plants sent were indeed fine specimens of growth, the Victoria stocks being abundantly furnished with roots, in the way of a paradise stock, on which apples are budded. We have grown the Victoria for two or three years, and have budded some varieties which were shy growers; and from the results with which Mr. Willison has so kindly furnished us, we shall grow it more extensively, for this purpose.—Editors]

Magazine  (Oct 1850)  Page(s) 255.  
 
Willison's Rose-Nursery, Whitby.
I will therefore enumerate a few good Roses that appeared to bloom here in perfection:
Ayrshire: Ruga, flesh; Queen Victoria (Willison's), rosy lilac, blooming in graceful clusters.