Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 402.  
 
Mrs. W.J. Grant Hybrid Tea, light pink, 1895, ('Belle Siebrecht'); 'La France' x 'Lady Mary Fitzwilliam'; Dickson, A. Description.

Magazine  (Nov 1989)  Page(s) 11. Vol 11, No. 4.  
 
Robert Peace, Vic: .....Further triploids are not necessarily sterile though there are (not insurmountable) problems in breeding from triploid roses. 'La France' was used to create 'Australia Felix' and 'Georg Arends' and probably also 'Belle Siebrecht'. 'Pharisaer', a HT of 1903 was a seeding of 'Belle Siebrecht' and produced a seedling called 'Mme. Jules Bouche' which has many of the attributes of 'Devoniensis', its great-grandparent, so the parentage given is probably correct.

Magazine  (Nov 1989)  Page(s) 10. Vol 11, No. 4.  
 
Dr. A. S. Thomas, Vic. .......It has been said that 'La France' was one of the parents of 'Mrs. W. J. Grant' with which Alexander Dickson won the first Gold Medal awarded by the National Rose Society in England in 1892. Many of us cannot believe that 'La France' could have been a parent. The name was changed to 'Belle Siebrecht' in America and my father grew it under that name in Mudgee. The bush was very poor but the climbing mutant (which we grew) was satisfactory. That is the only plant of this rose which I have seen or which I have known. The blooms were mid-pink in colour and with the form of modern Hyrbid Teas. I do not think it bloomed in the autumn and the spring-time blooms had ceased before the shows. I have never read of it being used in hybridising.

Article (magazine)  (1988)  Page(s) 29.  
 
[Colour description according to the CIELAB colour space (petal inside): L* = Lightness, a* = red-green axis, b* = yellow-blue axis]
'Belle Siebrecht' (= Mrs. W. J. Grant, Dickson, 1895; light pink), L* 43, a* 61-64, b* -5 to +9

Book  (1983)  Page(s) 45.  
 
Dr. A. S. Thomas, Balwyn [on his father’s garden at Mudgee]:
'Belle Siebrecht'. HT Alex Dickson, 1896. A delightful shapely, pink rose. Weak as a bush but the climbing sport was excellent. Unfortunately, for purposes of exhibiting, it bloomed very early. ('Mrs. W. J. Grant' in USA)

Magazine  (Nov 1981)  Page(s) 5. Vol 3, No. 4.  
 
Dr. A. S. Thomas “Memories of my Father’s Garden” (in Mudgee, NSW). The roses included 'Belle Siebrecht' - HT, a very beautiful, shapely mid-pink. Weak as a bush but good as a climber. ('Mrs. W. J. Grant' in USA).

Magazine  (Aug 1980)  Page(s) 15. Vol 2, No. 3.  
 
A survey was undertaken by The Argus newspaper to determine the most popular roses of the period and best for general garden culture. In the Wilson Bros. Nursery catalogue it is offered as The Argus Collection. (The collection includes) 'Belle Siebrecht'.

Book  (1954)  Page(s) 49.  
 
Alex Dickson. My Masterpiece. Our earliest efforts had as a main objective the development of a more perpetual flowering type (the Hybrid Tea). For this purpose, in the initial stages, we used 'Lady Mary Fitzwilliam' with the best of the Hybrid Perpetuals and Teas. The success which we achieved is exemplified in 'Mrs. W. J. Grant', 1890, which was a cross of 'La France' x 'Lady Mary Fitzwilliam' and, incidentally, the only seedling we were able to obtain from 'La France' although it was tried extensively in our early hybridising.

Website/Catalog  (1945)  Page(s) 19.  
 
'Belle Siebrecht'. Deep rosy pink; flowers large and beautifully formed. One of the best roses for either show or garden.

Book  (1940)  Page(s) 18.  
 
Belle Siebrecht. See 'Mrs. W.J. Grant'.