Website/Catalog  (1938)  Page(s) 18.  
 
Bush Roses
E. V. Lucas (Hybrid Tea)... Dark velvety crimson. Large semi-double flowers borne in sprays and produced in profusion. A very free-growing variety. Introduced 1934.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 107.  
 
John Poulsen.  New Roses at Canterbury, N.Z.
E. V. Lucas.—A very free-blooming semi-double Rose of good colour and shape. Has given some very good blooms, but seems to give of its best in cool weather.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 430.  
 
Lucas, E. V. (HT) McGredy 1933; velvety dark crimson, lasting, large, semi-double, solitary or up to 3, fragrance 5/10 (tea), floriferous, continuous bloom, long stems, few prickles, growth 6/10, well-branched. Sangerhausen

Book  (1935)  Page(s) 14.  
 
Harry H. Hazlewood.  The New Roses of 1935.
E. V. Lucas (McGredy, 1934) is a good grower with dark, velvety crimson blooms of fifteen petals. So far it is considerably below 'Sergent Ulmann', introduced last year, and when one considers the many 'Red Letter Day' series, it is difficult to find any reason for its dissemination

Website/Catalog  (1935)  Page(s) 38.  
 
New Roses 1935.  E. V. Lucas (HT.  S. McGredy & Son 1934) Dark velvety crimson blooms which do not fade. In the bud stage it is a perfect buttonhole rose, and the large, semi-double blooms (averaging fourteen petals) are borne in sprays, and produced in greatest profusion throughout the entire season. The habit of growth is free and branching, breaking freely from the base and every eye. 4/- each.
15 petals, which fade to bright red.