Gardening Illustrated (August 25, 1906) p. 355
It [Antoine Rivoire] is a sort, too, that does not readily take mildew, although I cannot say it is mildew-proof. It is the scourge upon some of the Hybrid Teas, such as Killarney and Mme. Abel Chatenay, that so sadly mars their beauty, and that makes one wish there were more Roses like Mme. Edmée Metz, which is practically mildew-proof. I am glad to see that this mildew-proof quality seems perpetuated in a seedling of Mme. Edmée Metz named Anne Marie Soupert, so that we may hope that by using as seed parents those Roses that are mildew-proof we shall in time obtain some considerable number of this character.


Gardening Illustrated, vol. 28, no. 1427, page 273. July 14, 1906
Exhibitors will find this a useful addition to the highly-coloured hybrid Teas. I thought when it first came out that it was too much like Marquise Litta, but there is a decided difference. The flowers are very large, of splendid form, double, and of a bright carmine-red shade. The foliage is good, deep green, and abundant, and apparently the variety has inherited from one of its parents, Mme. Edmée Metz, the excellent trait of resistance to mildew. The habit of the sort is neat and compact, fitting it well for a garden Rose, only there is not that abundance of bloom one naturally looks for in such Roses. There are many individuals who prefer a Rose yielding quality of blossom, even if they do not exhibit, and it is on such Roses as the one under notice that we can rely for quality of blossom.—P.