Website/Catalog  (4 Jan 1999)  Page(s) 17.  Includes photo(s).

Book  (11 Jun 1993)  Page(s) 1.  
 
From the Foreword to the book by Henry Mitchell, p. ix: [This rose excels] in the South... One the Tennessee-Mississippi border, for example, that rose gets some blackspot in summer and produces flowers steadily, but the hot-weather blooms are shapeless. And yet at the end of April, 'Sir Thomas Lipton' is solid with white roses of the quality of old formal camellias, so it should not lightly be cast out.

Book  (11 Jun 1993)  Page(s) 52.  
 
R. rugosa 'Alba' x 'Clotilde Soupert'. Van Fleet (USA) 1900. Description. [Verrier is not overly fond of this rose and says that] far better duoble white rugosa hybrids exists, such as 'Souvenir de Philemon Cochet'...

Book  (1953)  Page(s) 67.  
 
Sir Thomas Lipton - 14

Website/Catalog  (1949)  
 
"Sir Thos. Lipton - A pure white Rugosa hybrid, less hardy than Blanc Double de Coubert, and requiring good snow cover every winter. It does not like high-lime soils, but will reward the faithful with a profuse bloom."

Percy Wright Catalogue - Hardy and Semi-Hardy Roses - Ca 1949

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 423.  
 
Lipton, Sir Thomas (hybrid rugosa) Dr. van Fleet 1900 (Conard & Jones); R. rug. X Cl. Soupert; white, shaded light pink, double, fragrance 3/10, continuous bloom, growth 8/10, climbing, 2 m.

Magazine  (24 Jun 1932)  Page(s) 32.  
 
Rosa rugosa and its hybrids.
...It would seem as though many of these Rugosa hybrids might be useful in producing new varieties of hardy roses. [...] For the convenience of those amateurs who are doing breeding work with roses, the pollen of the hybrids in the Arboretum's collection has been examined in the Cytological Laboratory.  In the following discussion the percentage of fertile pollen, as determined by microscopical examination, is reported for each hybrid where buds were available for study.
Sir Thomas Lipton (R. rugosa X R. multiflora "Clotilde Soupert").
Pollen fertility 20%.
Though this rose came from the same cross as did New Century, it has much more the appearance of the next variety on the list, Blanc Double de Coubert.  Like that variety its flowers are white and fragrant, sometimes showing a trace of pale pink in cloudy weather.  It is reported as being much more of a continuous bloomer than the other large-flowered Rugosa hybrids.  The foliage is dark green and glossy, the bush large and vigorous.  Its general effect in the landscape is very fine.

Website/Catalog  (1929)  Page(s) 66.  
 
Shrub Roses
Sir Thomas Lipton. (Dr. W. Van Fleet, 1900.) Snowy white flowers of good size and unusual quality, borne in utmost profusion in spring, and sparingly through summer and fall. The plant is enormous, of the Conrad Ferdinand Meyer type. Very hardy and entirely healthy.
A fine Rose for a big specimen plant, and equally good in the background of the garden.

Book  (1927)  Page(s) [2].  Includes photo(s).
 
Sir Thomas Lipton  Pure white, fragrant, perfectly double.  The Sir Thomas Lipton is very similar in style of bush to the Amelie Gravereaux and makes an excellent companion plant for that variety.  The flowers are borne in clusters which are especially attractive, half open buds and full blooms are found in every cluster.  It gives an amazing abundance of flowers throughout the early summer.  If given vigorous trimming in mid-summer, the same prolific bloom will follow through the late summer and fall.  This is a hardy and thrifty bush of beautiful foliage and is attractive either as a specimen or in mass planting.

Booklet  (1926)  Page(s) 53.  
 
Rugosa Hybrids
Since the rugosa rose from Kamchatka and Northern Japan is the only absulutely hardy, ever-blooming rose that we have, it has been used considerably in recent years as a parent in the breeding of many new hybrids. These rugosa hybrids usually possess the foliage character of rugosa and partake of their hardiness, healthiness and general thriftiness of this parent but are not always so continuous in their blooming habit. Though these hybrids do not compare as cut flowers with the hybrid teas, they are far superior for general landscape planting about the home grounds. In Michigan, they are of special value by reason of their hardiness...
Sir Thomas Lipton, Hardy
This is a double white flowering rugosa hybrid that blooms profusely in the spring and sparingly in the summer and fall. The plant possesses the desirable foliage of the original rugosa and the extreme vigor that characterizes the Conrad Ferdinand Meyer rose, making it valuable for growing in the background of lower growing shrubs. It is also suitable for specimen planting.