Website/Catalog  (1850)  Page(s) 3.  
 
Hybrid Bourbon Roses.
Franklin...globular, large, red tinged with lilac, very fine.

Book  (1849)  Page(s) 23, appendix.  
 
List of Roses that only bloom once in the season.
Garden Roses.
1330 Franklin...Hybrid Bourbon, globular. Red, tinged with lilac.

Book  (1848)  Page(s) 89.  
 
The Hybrid Bourbon Rose.
26. Franklin; flowers dark rose, their margin pale rose, very large and full; form, cupped. Habit, branching; growth, vigorous. A very showy Rose in warm, dry seasons, but does not open kindly at other times.

Website/Catalog  (1846)  Page(s) 19.  
 
Hybrid Bourbon Roses.
All have cupped flowers except those otherwise noted.
772. Franklin...Red, beautifully tinged lilac, globular...$1 00