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'Comtesse Festetics Hamilton' rose References
Newsletter  (Nov 2016)  Page(s) 17-18.  Includes photo(s).
 
[From "The Story of Harry Tevis, Rose Lover", by Darrell g.h. Schramm, pp. 16-22]
The rose named for the countess, ‘Comtesse Festetics Hamilton’, is a tea with color ranging from carmine red to pale pink with coppery reflexed petals in the center; bred by Nabonnand, it was introduced in 1897. A tall, wide bush, ‘Comtesse Festetics Hamilton’ is still available from a few rose nurseries.

[The attribution of the rose to American heiress Eila Haggin, who married Count Rodolphe Festetics de Tolna in 1892 is incorrect - see Note.]
Book  (Jun 1992)  Page(s) 65.  
 
Comtesse Festetics Hamilton Tea. Nabonnand 1892... brilliant carmine red, coppery reflections in the center; exterior petals darker, ruddy at the edge...
Article (misc)  (1954)  Page(s) 39.  
 
Comtesse F. Hamilton 21 chromosomes.
Magazine  (Jun 1951)  Page(s) 2. trimester, p. 55.  
 
[From the article "Le Rosier sur la Côte d'Azur", by Joseph Baccialone, Ingénieur Horticole, Chef de Service des Jardins de la Ville d'Antibes, pp. 46-59]
Les meilleures variétés encore très répandues et très demandées sont les suivantes, dont une grande partie sont dues à Nabonnand : — Comtesse Festetics Hamilton, rouge cuivré.
Book  (1936)  Page(s) 328.  
 
Hamilton, Comtesse Festetics (tea) Nabonnand 1892; glosy carmine-red, coppery reflexes in the centre, edges darker and shaded, large, double, fine form, solitary, floriferous, growth 7710, upright. Sangerhausen
Book  (1932)  Page(s) 124.  
 
I noticed Comtesse Festetics Hamilton flourishing - a rose hard to find nowadays.
from "OAKFORD," A BEAUTIFUL NEW ZEALAND GARDEN by Alister Clark pp123-4
Article (magazine)  (1919)  Page(s) 73.  
 
Another fine red is Comtesse Festetics Hamilton, its flowers are a coppery carmine of pretty shape, and fine in the autumn. Strangely, many of these glorious teas came to us from the sunny Riviera, and I should not be surprised to see more of them, for they seed abundantly. Even from promiscuously sown seed glorious varieties are produced. Amateurs who have friends living out there should beg some of the well-ripened seed pods and sow them in pots, in a sandy compost, and placed in a warm greenhouse. They would obtain some delightful varieties, perhaps even surpassing those already in commerce. The little seedlings should be potted on into tiny pots known as "thimbles" when they show their third leaf and grown on unchecked, and re-potted as required. If these little plants are planted outdoors in June or July, they make fine plants by the fall. It would be necessary to pot them up again for the winter. Any promising kind could be budded in due course, and many of our best bedding Roses have been raised on similar lines.
Website/Catalog  (1914)  Page(s) 13.  
 
Tea Roses. Comtesse Festetics Hamilton. Conspicious glossy coppery carmine-red
Book  (1913)  Page(s) 92.  
 
Tea Roses
Comtesse Festetics Hamilton. -- A free-growing and profuse flowering variety, with blooms of copper and carmine shades. It lacks perfect form, but is one of the best for garden display. It is much admired for its rich colouring.
(1 Jul 1911)  Page(s) 10.  
 

CRIMSON ROSES. Until some of the newer crimson and rich red hybrid teas become more readily procurable, we shall to a large extent be dependent upon some of the lovely teas, such as Comtesse Festetics Hamilton. "Visiting a large rose garden in Essex last summer," writes a contributor to the "Garden," "I was delighted to find this old rose making such a splendid display, both in bush and standard form. It was the showiest variety in the whole garden, not even excepting such good sorts as General Schablikine, Corallina and Warrior. The coppery coloring in the centre of its brilliant carmine blooms gives to the rose a most unique effect; which is also seen in the same raiser's beautiful General Gallieni. How successful M. Nabonnand has been in his production of novelties in tea roses is hardly evident until one glances over a catalogue. There we shall find such beauties that owe their origin to this raiser as G. Nabonnand, Yvonne Gravier, Lucy Carnegie, Mdme. P. Ferny, Comtesse Sophy Torby, Clement Nabonnand, Sophia King, Zoe Brougham, Isabelle Nabonnand, Paul Nabonnand, Bertha Kleman, Jeanne Proudfoot, Marie d'Orleans and Mrs. Reynolds Hole, all delightful productions, which, unfortunately, in many cases have become overlooked for less worthy roses. Many of them possess that airy lightness we have learned to admire, and far surpass roses of the type of Souvenir de Pierre Notting, which rarely produces a good, clean bloom, although when it does it is superb." 
 

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