(1947)  Page(s) 140.  
 
(Constance Spry 'Garden Notebook' 1940 [1947 reprint] }
p140 French roses.... and there is a lovely blackish-crimson rose called Charles de Mills.

(1940)  Page(s) 139.  
 
After this I like Georges Vibert, with lilac and pink stripes, and this can be got over here. Commandant Beaurepaire has deeper markings; Camaïeu is flat in shape, with white stripes on a pink-mauve ground. Honorine Brabant, Gros Provins (very free flowering), Dometil Beccard, Rosa Mundi, Tricolore de Flandre, and Village Maid

(1947)  Page(s) 137.  
 
'Little Gem' is a very free-flowering rose, heavily mossed, and a clear bright crimson in colour.