Book  (2018)  Page(s) 72.  
 
D’autres hybrides internationaux furent testés [for cut roses] aux quatre coins du monde comme par exemple ‘Briarcliff’ obtenu en 1926, ‘Golden Rapture’ en 1934, ou encore ‘Better Times’ toujours en 1934.

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 63.  
 
Hybrid Tea, pink blend, 1926, 'Columbia' sport; Pierson, P.M. Flowers center deep rose-pink, outer petals lighter; a popular greenhouse variety

Book  (1986)  Page(s) 25.  
 
It was so good that Pierson's, growers of high quality roses and discoverers of Briarcliff, changed their name to Briarcliff Greenhouses.

Website/Catalog  (1985)  Page(s) 13.  
 
Briarcliff..... 3 x 3’.

Article (website)  (1982)  Page(s) 11.  
 
Briarcliff (H.T.) An old greenhouse variety but which also does well as a garden rose. Very double with pointed buds.  Rose pink in colour and fragrant.  1926. (C) 4 x 3’.

Website/Catalog  (1960)  Page(s) 13.  
 
BRIARCLIFF (Pierson 1927). Rose clair bouton allongé.  O[dorante]. + [conseillées pour fleurs coupées de plein air.]

[no longer listed in 1975]

Website/Catalog  (1958)  Page(s) 12.  
 
Briarcliff. HT (Briarcliff Nurseries, 1925). Fragrant. Average height. Brilliant pink with splendidly shaped flowers of ample petalage, possessing a rich, sweet fragrance.

Book  (1958)  Page(s) 39.  
 
Briarcliff. HT. (P. M. Pierson, '26.) Columbia sport. Bud one-third longer than Columbia, pointed; fl. large (4½ in.), dbl. (50 petals), high centered, fragrant, center deep rose-pink, outer petals lighter; long, strong stem. Fol. glossy, dark.Vig.; free bloom. A popular greenhouse variety.

Book  (1956)  Page(s) 105.  
 
Dr. A. S. Thomas. The Newer Roses in Victoria. 'Modern Times' is a striped sport of 'Red Better Times', which sported from 'Better Times' which, in turn, came from 'Briarcliff', a sport from 'Columbia'. They all have similar form and habit of growth.

Book  (1951)  Page(s) 116.  
 
In Griffith Buck's article, "Varieties of Rose Understocks," pp. 101-116, Buck report Briarcliff being used as a rootstock for florists' roses.