Book  (11 Jun 1993)  Page(s) 68.  
 
Parentage unknown. Introduced by Paul and Son (England) 1895. Description... This is a rugosa hybrid sent from the Arnold Arboretum in 1892 to the nursery Paul & Son... large purple-crimson blossoms...

Book  (1990)  Page(s) 103.  
 
America W. Paul (1894)... The large flowers are almost single and coloured a pretty carmine-pink...

Magazine  (Apr 1938)  Page(s) 8.  
 
Rosa america Hort. W. Paul 1894. H. Rug. Hauteur : 1 m., gros bois dressé, acicules très serrées, fleurs moyennes, cramoisi brillant en mai-juin.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 19.  
 
America (hybrid rugosa) W. Paul 1894 [Harvard University Garden]; glossy and bright carmine-pink, large, opens; ovoid fruit, ribbed lengthwise, growth 5/10. Sangerhausen

Magazine  (Jul 1930)  Page(s) 90.  
 
Hybrides de R.rugosa ....América. — Haward University, Garden 1894, fl. simple, cramoisi brillant, fruit allongé, rouge.

Book  (1915)  Page(s) 36.  
 
"Rugosa Roses"
by H. R. Darlington, Hon. Secretary N. R. S.
America (Paul and Son, 1895). The flowers are large and open and of a crimson lake colour. The shape is that sometimes called the American shape, which differs slightly from the true Japanese. It has large ovate fruit covered with long spines. Mr. G. L. Paul tells me that this Rose was sent to his firm in the year 1892 by Professor Sargent, of the Arnold Arboretum U.S.A. It has proved with me to be one of the earliest to flower in the section.

Website/Catalog  (1911)  Page(s) 6.  
 
Rosiers Rugosa
América, fleur cramoisi brillant, grande, pleine.

Book  (1910)  Page(s) 275.  
 
America large single crimson-lake flowers; large ovate fruit, often covered with long spines.

Book  (1900)  Page(s) 108.  
 
Groupe 12 - Rugueux du Japon...
1936. America (G. Paul 1893) carmin

Magazine  (1895)  Page(s) 75.  
 
Forms and hybrids of Rosa rugosa
Mr. Court Marshall v. St. Paul in Fischbach collects all rose varieties with rugosa blood. Following varieties are in his possession to date: Rosa rugosa, Thunberg, root form; Rosa rugosa alba, Rosa rugosa rosea, Kaiserin des Nordens (Regel from Japan '75), Rugosa germanica (Dr. Müller), Rugosa germanica lighter form, Compte d'Epremesnil (Nabonnand '82), Mme Georges Bruant (Bruant '88), Mme Charles Fredr. Worth (Schwartz '90), Thusnelda (Dr. Müller '89), sport of Thusnelda, Rugosa fimbriata (Morlet '92), El Mikado (from Japan?), Zuccariniana (Bruant), ugly; America (Paul and Son '94), Cöbler (Dr. E. Kaufmann '93), Jelina ibid, Tamogled ibid, Vihorlat ibid, Hargita ibid, Belle Poitevine (Bruant '94), Calocarpa ibid, Souvenir de Christophe Cochet (Cochet-Cochet '94), Blanc double de Coubert (Cochet-Cochet '92), Parnassina (Cochet), Microcarpa (T. Smith), Rugosa splendens (T. Smith), Rugosa alba microhylla (T. Smith).
Unissued seedlings have Dr. Müller, Dr. Kauffmann, P. Lambert and myself. Perhaps also Mr. Dawson (although he doesn't say it) another American, whose name I currently cannot remember, but who is an editor of "Rural New-Yorker". von St. Paul.