Book  (19 Apr 2000)  Page(s) 50.  
 
'Billy Boy', HT, my, 1926; Description; (Golden Emblem X Christine); McGredy; Beckwith

Book  (1958)  Page(s) 31.  
 
Billy Boy, HT. (McGredy; int. Beckwith, '26) Golden Emblem x Christine. Semi-dbl, sunflower-yellow. Very free bloom. (28)

Book  (1947)  Page(s) 106.  Includes photo(s).
 
Billy Boy (H.T.) produces many semi-double flowers of brilliant buttercup-yellow above bright green glossy foliage and is one of the best of all yellow roses for masssing. Beckwith 1926....Vigorous. Fragrant....July-September. Hardy. Plate 15

Book  (1940)  Page(s) 17, 20.  
 
Page 17: G. Beckwith & Son, Hoddesdon, Herts, England ['Billy Boy']
Page 20: Billy Boy Hybrid Tea. (Beckwith, 1926)... sunflower-yellow...

Website/Catalog  (1938)  Page(s) 13.  
 
Bush Roses
Billy Boy (Single)... Deep sunflower yellow, very showy, free, with nice foliage and good growth. Strongly Tea perfumed. Introduced 1926.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 78.  
 
Billy-Boy (HT) Beckwith 1926; canary-yellow to deep yellow, large, semi-double, lasting, thick petals, fragrance 5/10 (fruit), floriferous, continuous bloom, free-blooming, glossy foliage, red branches, growth 6/10, bushy, well-branched. Sangerhausen

Article (misc)  (Feb 1927)  Page(s) 215.  
 
Billy Boy Hybrid Tea. (G. Beckwith & Son, 1926). Description... unfading deep sunflower-yellow...

Website/Catalog  (1927)  Page(s) 27.  
 
New Roses 1927. Billy Boy (HT. Beckwith) A semi-double bedding sose which is very free blooming. The colour is sunflower yellow, which is declared "does not fade." This description did not take Australian sunlight into consideration. It is a promising yariety with five to twelve petals. Must not be confused wth 'Billy Boiler'. 4/– each.

Book  (1927)  Page(s) 81.  
 
Billy Boy.- A grand deep yellow semi-double bedding Rose. This variety appealed to visitors by virtue of its beautiful buttercup yellow colour. It was shown by Messrs. G. Beckwith & Son, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire.