Book  (1936)  Page(s) 78.  
 
Billard, Dr. (hybrid china) ? before 1845; vivid purple-carmine, medium size, double, flat, firm, drooping.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 77.  
 
Billard, Beauté de (multiflora) Dr. Billard before 1855; glossy scarlet, medium size, double, arching.

Book  (1906)  Page(s) 18.  
 
1.130.  Beauté de Billard,  Grimpant,  Dr. Billard,  écarlate

Book  (1906)  Page(s) 47.  
 
3.089. Docteur Billard, Hybride de Bengale, pourpre vif

Book  (1899)  Page(s) 19, 51.  
 
p. 19: Beauté de Billard, Grimpant, Dr. Billard, écarlate

p. 51: Dr Billard, Grimpant, voir Beauté de Billard.

Book  (1868)  Page(s) 381.  
 
I have seen the Beauty of Billiard with a quarter and with half the flower almost white.

Book  (1866)  Page(s) 128.  
 
The Hybrid Chinese Rose.
The following are among the best of this family of roses: Beauty of Billiard, of vigorous growth, and bright-scarlet and crimson flowers.

Book  (1858)  Page(s) 293.  
 
Rosa hibrida bengalensis; Hibride de Bengale.
Docteur Billard, Blumen mittelgroß, voll, brillantscharlach, spät blühend.

Translation: Hybrid China.
Docteur Billard, Flowers are medium-sized, full, brilliant scarlet, late-flowering.

Magazine  (Mar 1856)  Page(s) 77.  
 
Climbing Roses in Pots.
To Train Spirally, or as Twiners. Hybrids of the Chinese—Beauty of Billard, beautiful vivid scarlet; Blairii, No. 2, large blush pink; Fulgens, rich velvety crimson; General Kleber, purplish red, changing to violet; Hippocrates, deep crimson lilac; Ne Plus Ultra, fine carmine; Pompon Bicolor, purple and crimson shaded; Princess Augusta, bright crimson and purple mottled; Triomphe de Laqueue, red and purple, shaded.
 

Magazine  (1852)  Page(s) 46.  
 
"The Propagation and Culture of the Rose." by Mr. John Duguid, Golden Acres.
Rosa Indica Hybrida.—The Hybrid Chinese Rose.
The following selection comprehends the finest in this class: 
Beauty of Billiard, vivid scarlet, and a late bloomer...