Book  (Dec 2000)  Page(s) 66.  
 
Maharajah
Hybrid Perpetual
Benjamin Revett Cant [died in 1900, so Cecile took over nursery] 1904

Website/Catalog  (1940)  Page(s) 23.  
 
Maharajah (B. R. Cant, 1904.  Very rich, velvety crimson with golden anthers.  Very bright and attractive flowers five inches across.  Prune light.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 444.  
 
Maharajah (HP) B. Cant 1904; velvety crimson, golden stamens, large, single to semi-double, lasting, in clusters of 3-9, fragrance 5/10 (centifolia), floriferous, repeats well, long stems, thick foliage, growth 7/10, climbing, 1.50 m. Sangerhausen

Book  (1932)  Page(s) 215.  
 
New Roses Of The World.
Maharajah  HP (B. R., Cant & Sons; intro in U.S. by Jackson & Perkins Co., 1931) Type 'Vesuvius', but larger bloom.  Bud long-pointed; flower large, single or semi-double; lasting, fragrant (Centifolia), velvety crimson, golden anthers, in cluster on long stem.  Foliage thick, dark bronzy green.  Very vigorous (5-6 ft); profuse bloomer.  Award of Merit, Royal Horticultural Society.

Website/Catalog  (1921)  Page(s) 25.  
 
Roses.
Maharajah, velvety crimson; class: Single; habit of growth: very vigorous.

Magazine  (5 Aug 1916)  Page(s) 388.  
 
All Among the Roses at Allington
Among all the Roses at Allington, the one that delighted me most was Maharajah, a Rose well named for its dusky Oriental spendour of deep crimson velvet petals and centre of rich gold.

Magazine  (1916)  Page(s) 10.  
 
The velvety dark red 'Maharaja' with only two rows of petals is a first class colour wonder.

Website/Catalog  (1914)  Page(s) 41.  
 
Single Roses.
In our Nurseries there are no more attractive objects than the Irish single varieties, and they are so marvellously free flowering that it is impossible to say too much in their praise. During the entire growing season they are virtually always in bloom, and their lasting properties are most surprising.
Maharajah... B.R. Cant & Sons, 1904, very vigorous. Deep velvety crimson; very large, very floriferous.

Website/Catalog  (1907)  Page(s) 2.  
 
Last Year's Novelties.
Maharajah HP. Extra large, single or semi-double, brilliant velvety-crimson flowers. 

Magazine  (1903)  Page(s) 483. Vol 25.  
 
In growth ‘Maharajah’ is strong and bushy, suitable for forming pillars about six feet in height, or for specimen plants in lawns or borders. The foliage is a deep green, very firm and leathery, carried quite up to the bloom, similar to ‘Capt. Hayward,’ which is one of its parents. The buds are formed in trusses of about three to a shoot . . . the flower is large frequently measuring five inches across, practically single, with a finely rounded margin to the petals. The colour varies somewhat – early in the summer it is deep velvety-crimson, but in the summer heat it becomes vivid crimson-red, and the yellow anthers upon this rich ground give a most striking effect. The variety, when established, flowers freely, blooming again in the autumn.