Book  (1997)  Page(s) 188.  
 
[Photo of hips] R. biebersteinii, R. horrida Europe and W. Asia 1796... small, white flowers followed by globular red hips

Website/Catalog  (1930)  Page(s) 115.  
 
Park Roses....Rosa biebersteini (Dog-Rose), fine foliage, white.......   1 piece RM -.60, 10 pieces RM 5.50, 100 pieces RM 50.-

Magazine  (1826)  
 
Lindley's report on some new and rare plants, which bloomed in the garden of the Horticultural Society in Chiswick.
16) Rosa Biebersteinii Lindl.. Rosa ferox M. Bieb. She is different than R. myriacantha Decandolle and is stands as such between R. rubiginosa and R. spinosissima.

Magazine  (1826)  Page(s) 89-90.  
 
[From "Report upon the New or Rare Plants which have flowered in the Garden of the Horticultural society at Chiswick, from its Formation to March 1824. By Mr. John Lindley, F.L.S., %c. &c. Assistant Secetray to the Garden. Read July 20, and August 3, 1824.]

Hardy Plants. Trees or Shrubs.
XLIV. Rosa Biebersteinii. R. ferox. Bieberstein cent. pl. Ross.
Under this name it is proposed to distinguish the R. ferox of Marschall Von Bieberstein. Plants presented to the Society from the Apothecaries' Garden, Chelsea, having flowered in the Society's collection, an opportunity has been afforded of ascertaining, with precision, the real characters of this singular species. From M. Von Bieberstein's first description of it, as an uncertain synonym, to R. myriacantha of De Candolle (*Rosarum Monographia, p. 65). To that species it now proves to be nearly allied, distinguishable, however, by many satisfactory characters. It forms a low compact bush, covered with very numerous, small, glandular leaves, and, in the flowering season, with aprofusion of white bloosoms. Its branches are beset with many small setae, resembling rusty glands, and besides these, with strong falcate prickles immediately under the leaves. In general aspect it may be said to resemble r. rubiginosa, passing into R. spinosissima. At present it is very rare in gardens, but may be easily increased by layers, in the manner usually practised with Roses.