The 1913 Biltmore Rose Catalog says, "Triumphant Rose is a good, comfortable specimen of the Prairie Rose group of Climbers, with fragrant blossoms of white, tinted with flesh-color. It blooms annually in clusters. The blossoms are so conspicuous that a plant or two should be used with bolder-hued Roses for the sake of contrast. The growth of the plant is remarkably vigorous, strong and healthy. The foliage is rich green, deep and glossy, and seldom is it attacked by insects or disease. The Triumphant Rose is a most desirable variety for trellises or verandas, pillars or screens, quickly covering the support with a green mantle."

Magazine of Horticulture 13: 354-356 (August 1847)
Art. IV. Descriptions of Eight New Varieties of Prairie Roses. By the Editor.

Mr. Pierce raised twelve kinds, brief descriptions of which he sent us last season; but, as they only referred to the color of the flowers, we thought it preferable to delay their publication until we could render them complete. Most of our plants have flowered finely this year, and we have been enabled to do so, and we now annex the following descriptions of each:—

Triumphant.—Flowers, medium size, deep brilliant rose, imbricated, very double, and finely formed: clusters, large, and rather compact, numbering from twenty to thirty flowers: foliage, very large and handsome, undulated and bright green, deeply and sharply serrated: habit, very strong and robust. This variety is remarkable for its ample and beautiful foliage, as well as its deep and brilliant rosy flowers.