The Rose Annual of the National Rose Society 1919

"Hybrid Wichuraiana Roses: Some Little Known Varieties, by George M. Taylor, p. 57

The article is pp. 55-61

Taylor states that "Mr. Robert Fife, of Edinburgh, was so greatly impressed with the beauty of this fine rambler when he saw it exhibited in London that he at once procured plants from France and introduced it into commerce in this country."

"Petit Louis bears elegantly formed flowers of a soft pink disposed in charming sprays It is a good grower, and is much less addicted to mildew than Dorothy Perkins." The entire article is, in part, a rather ill tempered diatribe against Dorothy Perkins.