Book  (1936)  Page(s) 204.  
 
Désir, Mons. (tea) Pernet 1889; Gl. de Dijon X ?; crimson, often shaded violet, very large, 3/4-full, fine form, growth 7/10, climbing.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 204.  
 
Désir (tea) ? ? ; dark red

Book  (1933)  Page(s) 201.  
 
Mons. Desir. Pernet pere, 1888. Probably a Hybrid tea or Hybrid perpetual, with large, semi-double crimson flowers, shaded violet.

Magazine  (Aug 1930)  Page(s) 106.  
 
Les meilleurs Roses à cultiver en Anjou ...Rosiers Thés ...
Beauté de l'Europe. Belle Lyonnaise. Charles Dingée. Climbing Lady Hillington. Duchesse d'Auerstædt. Elie Beauvillain. Emilie Charrin. E. Veyrat Hermanos. François Crousse. Général Galliéni. Gloire de Dijon. Lady Hillington 
Louise Leroy. Madame Bérard. Madame Creux. Madame Jean Dupuy. Madame Jules Gravereaux. Marie d'Orléans. Monsieur Désir. Noella Nabonnand. Reine Marie-Henriette. Souvenir de Léonie Viennot. Vicomtesse de Folkestone.

Website/Catalog  (1924)  Page(s) 42.  
 
Monsieur Désir. — Fl. rouge cramoisi velouté.

Book  (1922)  Page(s) 412.  
 
[in the listing of roses in commerce] Mons. Désir (T.) - Flower velvety crmson, often shaded with violet, large, double, good form. Growth vigorous.

Website/Catalog  (1913)  Page(s) 25.  Includes photo(s).
 
Monsieur de Sir.  T. (Climbing.) A very rich dark red, rapid growing climber of merit. Not a full rose but our experience with it is very favourable. 50 cents.

Book  (1912)  Page(s) 135.  
 
Hybrides de Thé sarmenteux...Monsieur Désir, Pernet père 1888, Rouge cramoisi foncé violet, grande, semi-pleine, odorante; très vigoureuse

Magazine  (22 Jul 1911)  Page(s) 350.  
 
The Parentage of Roses.
The following list of the world's Roses and their parentage has been compiled by Mr. Robert Daniel, 38 Russell Road. Fishponds, Bristol, and by his kind permission we are enabled to publish it...
Monsieur Desir... D.T., Pernet p., 1888, Seedling Gloire de Dijon

NB: no explanation is given for the abbreviation D.T., but it probably stands for "Dijon Tea" as it is used for other descendants of 'Gloire de Dijon'

Magazine  (7 Jan 1911)  Page(s) 11.  
 
Answers to Correspondents.
Roses for August and September flowering — The following varieties are all sweetly fragrant and suitable to plant in your country cottage garden, where they would yield a fine display of bloom during the months of August and September: Climbers — Zepherin Drouhin, Hugh Dickson, Pink Rover, Grüss an Teplitz, Reine Marie Henriette, Noella Nabonnand, Sarah Bernhardt, J. B. Clark, Gloire de Dijon, Mme. Alfred Carrière, M. Desir and Johanna Sebus. Dwarf — Mrs. John Laing, Dupuy Jamain, General Jacqueminot, Mme. Victor Verdier, Dr. Andry, Mme. Abel Chatenay, General Macarthur, Mme. Isaac Pereire, Augustine Guinoisseau, Gustav Grunerwald, Mme. Jules Grolez, Pharisaer, Ulrich Brunner, Fisher Holmes, Louis van Houtte, Ella Gordon, Captain Hayward, Mme. Ravary, Dr. O'Donel Browne, Beauté Inconstante, La France, Laurent Carle, Marquise Litta, Richmond and Viscountess Folkestone.