Article (magazine)  (Feb 2013)  Page(s) 5-6.  
 
‘Herbemont’s Musk Cluster’ must have been outstanding. Karl King of Kentucky writes that Samuel Feast used it as a co-parent with Rosa setigera for some of his roses. In 1984 Charles A. Walker, Jr., wrote of seeing a rose grown in the garden of a Mrs. Ruth Westwood of Newberry, a town about forty miles from Columbia, a rose that he suspected might be ‘Herbemont Musk Cluster’.

Magazine  (5 Jun 1880)  Page(s) 503, 504.  
 
"American Roses" by C. M. Hovey
p.503. As your great Rosarian has said, we now make our bow, not to Catherine Mermet, but to an American lady who has earned a wide reputation for her grand productions. This was Mrs. N. Herbemont, of Columbia, S.C., who raised, about 1830, the once famous Herbemont Musk Cluster and Herbemont's Grandiflora, the parents on one side of Mr. Feast's and Mr. Pierce's Prairies, and without which, perhaps, we should never have had those grand acquisitions. They were, up to within a few years, most extensively cultivated at the South, where they grew 8 ft. to 10 ft. high, and often produced seventy-five or more flowers in one cluster, deliciously fragrant.

p.504. Hybrid Musk Roses (Rosa Moschata).
Herbemont's Musk Cluster (Mrs. N. Herbemont) -- A very vigorous Rose, white, very fragrant, and perpetual bloomer; one plant had 150 branches, covered with the buds of large clusters of flowers, sometimes as many as seventy in a cluster.

Magazine  (Sep 1853)  Page(s) 265.  
 
Cluster Roses—I could never well understand the distinction between cluster and noisette roses; however, florists make it and we suppose we must follow suit. Noisettes cluster just as much as those I am about to name. If it is the musky odor so peculiar to the old white musk cluster rose, that characterises the group, I must say very few of them possess more than the old stump that traces out these scrawls and the odor is peculiar only to the white roses of the group. I have never seen a rose that I could call a red or pink musk cluster. Herbemont's White, is a very excellent and one of the best light cluster roses, always in bloom, profuse and of fine growth, but no musky odor.

Book  (1845)  Page(s) 77.  
 
Musk-scented roses...Herbemonte, pure white, very large flower in fine clusters.

Website/Catalog  (1844)  Page(s) 68.  
 
Roses.
Rosa Moschata.
Herbemonte's large white cluster

Website/Catalog  (1843)  Page(s) 14.  
 
Autumnal Roses.
Class VII.  Miscellaneous Roses.
4.  Herbemont's Musk Cluster... expanded form... blush white, in immense clusters...  $0.75

Magazine  (1842)  Page(s) 83-84.  
 
In no department of plants has Mr. Feast given more attention than to the cultivation and production of roses from seed. He has raised many hybrids between the Michigan rose and the Herbemot's musk cluster and others, which are remarkably strong growers and free bloomers, producing immense clusters of blossoms.,,,,Some experiments upon the growth of plants in charcoal have been made here. Mr. Feast had quite a collection of Orchidaceae, and as they had not thriven any too well, it occurred to him that he might make use of the charcoal with good effect. The whole of the plants were consequently repotted in a mixture of peat and charcoal: this was done in June or July, and when we saw them in August, many of the plants were throwing out new roots with much vigor. The charcoal seems to act as a conductor and retainer of heat, and, by keeping the soil light and open, facilitates the rooting of the plants. Mr Feast has also tried charcoal in rooting plants from cuttings, and has succeeded in growing in this way Herbemot's musk cluster rose, which he has been unable to multiply by cuttings, in the ordinary way. Combretum purpureum, a plant not easily increased, was speedily rooted in charcoal. We would recommend further experiments to be made, as we are convinced the system is attended with excellent results.

Magazine  (Oct 1839)  Page(s) 373.  
 
Some Remarks upon several Gardens and Nurseries in Providence, Burlington, (N.J.) and Baltimore. by C. M. Hovey

p.373. Nursery and Flower Garden of Samuel Feast.
Herbemont's musk cluster rose is a magnificent variety, flowering profusely all summer, and growing with wonderful rapidity.

p.375-6 Garden of Gideon B. Smith, Esq.
It is a small spot attached to his house, and contains but a few shrubs and plants. But the most noted of these is Herbemont's musk cluster rose, which we have before named. It was raised from seed by the late Mrs. Herbemont, of Columbia, S.C., and sent by that lady to Mr. Smith some time ago. It is a most rapid and vigorous grower, the shoots attaining the height of ten feet, and terminated with clusters of over a hundred buds. It is perfectly hardy in the climate of Baltimore, and it remains in bloom all summer. Unfortunately it is very difficult of propagation, and it will therefore be some time before it will be generally found in our gardens. On the plant in Mr. Smith's garden there were four or five new suckers, covered with clusters of buds nearly ready to expand.

Magazine  (1837)  Page(s) 248.  
 
They were raised from seed by a much respected lady of South Carolina, now deceased, who did me the great favor of sending them to me, and for which favor I cannot be sufficiently grateful to her memory...The other is the Herbemont musk cluster. The flowers are double the size of the common white musk cluster, equally white, much more fragrant, and the plant is far more prolific and a perpetual blootner. Last year my plant had three branches; this year it has upwards of one hundred and fifty branches, all bearing the buds of large clusters of flowers. Of all plants I ever saw, I never came across so thrifty a grower. The fragrance is so profuse that it fills the air for fifty yards around. This plant was raised from seed by ihe late Mrs. N. Herbemont, of Columbia, S. C, who sent me the original plant, retaining only a few cuttings for herself. Like her most excellent husband, whose writings I have often seen gracing your pages, this lady was passionately fond of floriculture, and produced many new varieties of roses and other plants. Among them she produced a very large white rose, very double, pure white, tall growth, and a perpetual hloomer. Three times has she and my very excellent friend, her husband, sent me cuttings and slips of it, but with all my exertions I have never been able to make them grow; and Mr. Herbemont informs me that he has also failed in every attempt to propagate it, by budding, grafting, layering, &c. I do not however despair of getting it, as Mr. H. will persevere in his trials to produce a rooted plant. From what I have written, you will perceive the propriety of the names given the Herbemont roses.

Website/Catalog  (1826)  Page(s) 17.  
 
Roses.
Herbemontia