Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 627.  
 
Virginia Large-flowered Climber, brilliant flame, suffused gold, 1934, 'Magnafrano' x 'Eldorado'; Nicolas; Conard-Pyle...

Book  (1937)  
 
Some of us old timers may remember an early Van Fleet Hybrid Tea, Magnafrano (1900). For years it was sold on its own roots and it remained a typical Hybrid Tea. I budded it on Multiflora for breeding purposes and I got plants of Druschki exuberance, thus emphasizing its seed parent, Magna Charta. It is from one of these plants that I bred the climber Virginia.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 740.  
 
Virginia (large climber) Nicolas 1934; Magnafano X Eldorado; glossy fire-red, shaded gold, very large, double, open, lasting, fragrance 5/10 (strawberry), floriferous, June, large dark green foliage, growth 7/10, climbing, 2 m.

Book  (1935)  Page(s) 47.  
 
R. Marion Hatton.  New Roses in America. 
There are five new climbers making their debut this season. Two from Nicolas, Virginia and... the former is a large, double Rower of orange-scarlet, red raspberry fragrance...They are nice, but everyone wants climbers to everbloom nowadays, and these only bloom once.