Book  (Apr 1999)  Page(s) 394-395.  
 
Dr. Joseph Drew Hybrid Tea. C. Page/Easlea 1918. Parentage: 'Mme. Mélanie Soupert' x 'Comtesse Icy Hardegg'. The author cites information from different sources... pale yellow, overlaid with pink towards the edges...

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 137.  
 
Dr. Joseph Drew Hybrid Tea, salmon-yellow, suffused pink, 1918, 'Mme. Mélanie Soupert' seedling x 'Comtesse Icy Hardegg'; Page; Easlea...

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 218.  
 
Drew, Dr. Joseph (HT) C. Page 1918 (Easlea); M. Mél. Soupert X Ctss. I. Hardegg; salmon-yellow, shaded pink, fades to pink, large, double, fine form, fragrance 7/10, floriferous, growth 6/10, upright. Sangerhausen

Book  (1930)  Page(s) 58.  
 
'Dr. Joseph Drew'. HT. (Courtney Page; intro. by Easlea, 1918). Seedling from 'Mme. Melanie Soupert' x 'Comtesse Icy Hardegg'. Type, 'Mme. Melanie Soupert'. Bud and flower large, finely formed, very fragrant, salmon-yellow, richly suffused pink which predominates as the flower ages, borne on long, strong stem. Foliage dark green, disease-resistant. Growth vigorous, upright; free bloomer. Cert. of Merit, N.R.S.

Book  (1923)  Page(s) 79.  
 
"Scented Roses." By E. J. Holland, Past President, National Rose Society.
...Of the newer Roses, Admiral Ward, Charles K. Douglas, Queen of Fragrance, Cleveland, Mrs. George Norwood, Crimson Emblem, Dr. Joseph Drew, Hoosier Beauty and Columbia are a few of the most satisfactory in the matter of scent.

Website/Catalog  (1922)  Page(s) 31.  
 
General List. (167) Dr. Joseph Drew (HT) (Easlea) F. 2. Salmon yellow suffused pink Large, good shape, but not too full, and in summer the colour fades. An improved ‘Melanie Soupert’.

Website/Catalog  (1921)  Page(s) 13.  
 
Roses.
Dr. Joseph Drew, Salmon yellow shade richly suffused with pink, the latter colour predominating with age of blossom. Very sweetly scented; class: Hybrid Tea; habit of growth: vigorous.

Book  (1921)  Page(s) 57.  
 
H. R. Darlington. The Hybrid Teas of the Past Ten Years. 1918. 'Dr. Joseph Drew' (Easlea) is a fine growing Rose. The flowers are produced freely and are pale yellow, overlaid with pink towards the edges.

Book  (1919)  Page(s) 72/135.  Includes photo(s).
 
Dr. Joseph Drew (H.T., W. Easlea). A vigorous-growing variety of free-branching habit. The blooms, which are carried on long. stiff stems, are of fine shape. The colour is a handsome tinted pale rose, with copper at the base of its large shell-shaped petals. Foliage dark green. It will be an ideal Rose to many on account of its sweetness of scent; to me it is one of the sweetest-scented Roses we have had for some time. When disbudded it makes a fine exhibition Rose, while as a bedding variety, lt is especially good in the autumn. A seedling from Melanie Soupert x Comtesse Icy Hardegg, it is free from mildew. In commerce.

Book  (1919)  Includes photo(s).
 
p32-4. The Rose Display at the Botanic Gardens, Regent's Park, 1918. A curiosity, in its way, was the general resemblance between two seedlings raised miles apart from one another, viz., 'Lady Beatty' and 'Dr. Joseph Drew', both good warm pinks, and both fragrant.

p72. Photo. 'Dr. Joseph Drew' (HT). Certificate of Merit, Summer Show, July 2nd, 1918. Exhibited by W. Easlea, Leigh-on-Sea.

p135-4 Courtney Page, Editor. New Seedling Roses for 1918. 'Dr. Joseph Drew' (H.T., W. Easlea). A vigorous-growing variety of free-branching habit. The blooms, which are carried on long stiff stems, are of fine shape. The colour is a handsome tinted pale rose, with copper at the base of its large shell-shaped petals. Foliage dark green. It will be an ideal Rose to many on account of its sweetness of scent; to me it is one of the sweetest-scented Roses we have had for some time. When disbudded it makes a fine exhibition Rose, while as a bedding variety, it is especially good in the autumn. A seedling from 'Melanie Soupert' x 'Comtesse Icy Hardegg', it is free from mildew. In commerce.

p137-3 ibid. the most striking novelties of the year are 'Pax', 'Dr. Joseph Drew' and 'Golden Ophelia'.

p156b-2 A Descriptive List of Newer Roses which are not in the last edition of the "Select List of Roses and Pruning Instructions". 'Dr. Joseph Drew' (H.T.) (Courtney Page), W. Easlea 1918. Yellow, shaded pink. Very vigorous, Exhibition and decorative. Very sweetly scented.