Magazine  (2016)  Page(s) Table S2.  
 
vivid, Origin of the sample: Loubert Rose Garden, Genetic group 4, Percentage of assignation: 52.8, 1853, B, Paul, Origin: Europe N, Ploidy: 4, measured

Book  (Apr 2001)  Page(s) 94.  
 
Vivid Hybrid Bourbon. A. Paul 1853

Book  (Dec 2000)  Page(s) 392.  
 
Vivid Hybrid Bourbon (Adam Paul 1853)

Book  (2000)  Page(s) 616.  Includes photo(s).
 
‘Vivid’ = Ancien – Bourbon – mauve/rouge clair… entre magenta pur et magenta carminé, odorantes et très doubles … épineux … parfois remontant.. Son classement parmi les Bourbon est controversé… Paul, UK, 1853. Ascendance inconnue.

Book  (Nov 1994)  Page(s) 4, 38.  
 
Thomas mentions a trip he took (in 1937) to Tom Smith's collection at Newry, where he saw this rose.
p. 38: Vivid (Sometimes called Rosa gallica phoenicea, 'Rose de Normandie') Paul (UK) 1853. A hybrid rose of great vigour (to 6 feet). Probably related to the Centifolias. Blossoms: very double, vivid magenta-crimson. Thomas has never felt that this rose was a real Gallica, and was informed by Jean Muraour of Mougins that it was classed as a Hybrid Bourbon.

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 628.  
 
Vivid Bourbon, magenta to magenta-pink, 1853, Paul, A. Description.

Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 87.  Includes photo(s).

Book  (Jun 1992)  Page(s) 115.  
 
Vivid Hybrid Bourbon. A. Paul 1853. [Author cites information from several sources]

Book  (Dec 1985)  Page(s) 341.  
 
Vivid Bourbon. Paul (UK) 1853. Description. Vivid magenta-pink to red... occasionally repeats...

Website/Catalog  (1985)  Page(s) 48.  
 
Vivid.....4 x 3’.