(1879)  Page(s) 297, vol 13.  
 
Transactions Iowa State Horticultural Society, Volume 13 page 297 (1879)

Abel Carriere—This is a new rose; brilliant purplish red, with fiery red center; a very fine bold flower; fragrant.

(1943)  Page(s) 204.  
 
It might be well to discuss Gloire des Rosomanes at this time. This rose is one of those types which does not fit in any recognized category. Wildon (27) classes it as a Hybrid Bourbon. Pemberton (14) called it a Hybrid China, and McFarland (11) classes it with the Climbing Chinas.

11. McFarland, J. Horace. Modern Roses I-II. Macmillan Co., New York. 1930 and 1940.
14. Pemberton, Rev. J. H. roses; Their History, Development and Cultivation. Longmans, Green and Co., London. 1920.
27. Wildon, C. E. Garden Roses, revised. Mich. Agric. Exp. Sta. Spec. Bul. 222. 1937.

(1947)  Page(s) 243.  
 
Hansen has a good one in Hon . Lady Lindsay , a good plant which grows to 5 feet with foliage like one of its parents , Dr. Van Fleet , but not as free a bloomer as one would wish.

(1940)  Page(s) 268-277.  
 
Much has been written about Ophelia since it was introduced by William Paul of Waltham Cross, Herts, England in 1912. This salmon-flushed Hybrid Tea Rose is very well known to every rose grower, although, at present, it is not grown to the extent that was in past years. Unfortunately, there is very little definitely known about its origin. The whole situation was reviewed in an unsigned article in Horticulture, January 15, 1934 issue, part of which we quote:

"Much has been written about the origin of the Ophelia rose, which, when first exhibited in London at the great International Show of 1912, aroused no undue comment. I have learned from Walter Easlea that prior to his leaving the now-extinct firm of William Paul to start on his own account, he was making numerous crosses with Antoine Rivoire, Pharisaer and Prince de Bulgarie; he has not the least doubt that Ophelia had either the first-named or the last as its seed parent.

"Not having flowered his latest crosses before he left the firm in 1910 and not knowing its seedling number, he is unable to say from which cross Ophelia arose. Its closeness to Prince de Bulgarie is fairly obvious. Incidentally, the late E. G. Hill, writing in the Rose Annual for 1919, expressed interest at the reported haphazard origin of Ophelia inasmuch as he had learned previously while in England that it was a seedling of Antoine Rivoire. In his opinion, everything in Ophelia pointed to that variety.

"When one dips back into history, one finds that Pernet-Ducher sent out Antoine Rivoire in 1896, Prince de Bulgarie coming from the same raiser in 1902. Pharisaer, a seedling of Mrs. W. J. Grant sent out by Hinner in 1903, may have been one of the parents of Ophelia but for a certainty either Antoine Rivoire or Prince de Bulgarie was the seed parent and in all probability one or the other was the pollen parent. The family connection between these latter varieties need not be doubted as Pernet-Ducher closely inbred, often using undisseminated seedlings. Indeed, it is not unlikely that some of his later Pernetianas, including Souv. de Claudius Pernet, containing the blood of Antoine Rivoire and the bringing together of Ophelia and Souv. de Claudius Pernet, was the probable cause of the remarkable coloring that was attained in Talisman."