(1999)  Page(s) 95.  Includes photo(s).
 
Autumn Kiss WALkiss. Modern Miniature, medium pink. Repeat flowering. This bushy plant is covered in small to medium salmon pink flowers with 15-25 petals. The blooms are borne in small clusters and have a slight fragrance. The complementary foliage is small and dark green. ‘Autumn Kiss’ has an upright growth habit. Zones 4-11. Walsh, Australia, 1994. ‘Ginger Meggs’ x ‘Avandel’.

(1999)  Page(s) 100.  Includes photo(s).
 
Babe. Polyantha. Pink blend. Repeat-flowering. This is a very short growing Polyantha Rose that makes a good low border plant. The small pale pink flowers come in clusters of 5-15 and show up well against the mid-green foliage. It is disease free, although the repeat-flowering is average. The maximum effect will be gained if bushes are planted close together. There are very few thorns. Zones 5-9. Miers, Australia 1935. Parentage unknown.

(1999)  Page(s) 107.  Includes photo(s).
 
Beaute. Modern, large flowered hybrid Tea. apricot blend, repeat-flowering. Although not so widely grown today, for years after World War II many people considered this variety their first choice for its color, a lovely shade of apricot yellow with some deeper flushes. The buds are long and open into high centered flowers of elegant form. They are moderately full of petals, which soon reflex to give a cupped rose with a rounded outline, effectively displaying the pretty color. Flowering continues through summer and autumn, the blooms being carried singly or 3 to a stem, and there is a pleasant light scent. The growth is lower than average, and it spreads rather unevenly. The leaves are large and rich green but not plentiful; it becomes an open, rather bare-looking bush after a few years and seems reluctant to put out new stems. Zones 5-9. Mallerin, France, 1953. ‘Mme. Joseph Perraud’ x seedling. Royal National Rose Society Certificate of Merit, 1954.

(1999)  Page(s) 111.  Includes photo(s).
 
'Bendigold' Modern, cluster-flowered floribunda. Orange red. Repeat flowering. The red tinted buds on this variety have a rounded shape and open into fairly full-petalled blooms of a lively shade of gold with orange highlights. They are quite large for a Cluster-flowered Rose, continue in bloom through summer and autumn and have a sharp but not unpleasing fragrance. The plant grows vigorously and upright to average height, with rather smooth stems and a good coverage of deep green leaves, which are bronzy red when they first appear. This Australian-bred rose was cleverly named by the raiser, whose home city of Bendigo in the state of Victoria was a focal point in the gold rush that began after the precious metal was first discovered there in 1851. Zones 4-9. Murley, Australia, 1979 ‘Rumba’ x ‘Redgold’.

(1999)  Page(s) 118.  Includes photo(s).
 
‘Bishop Darlington’. Modern, modern shrub, apricot blend. Repeat-flowering. Out of some 40 named roses raised by Captain George C. Thomas, this is one of the most widely grown. The long, pointed buds are a pretty shade of coral pink, and open in a blend of peach and cream with yellow bases to the flowers, which have a pleasing scent. They are semi-double and soon reveal prominent stamens, often half-obscured by a stray curled petal. The flowers make an effective display even when seen from a distance, and their repeat-flowering increases their value as a background shrub for mixed borders. It can also be grown with support as a climber. It is a substantial plant, larger than average for a shrub rose, with an upright habit and a good complement of bronze green foliage. Zones 4-9. Thomas, USA, 1926. ‘Aviateur Bleriot’ x ‘Moonlight’.

(1999)  Page(s) 401.  Includes photo(s).
 
‘Mary Matthews’. Modern, Large-flowered Hybrid Tea. Light pink. Repeat-flowering.
Named after a daughter of Bishop Anderson of Hay in New South Wales, Australia, the real name of this rose is not known, but it must be of early twentieth century vintage. The buds are pointed and open to well-formed flowers of pale pink. There are 20-30 petals, and the profuse blooms mainly come one to a stem, last well on the bush and give a quick repeat. The disease-free growth is upright with dark green, semi-glossy foliage. Bishop Anderson was the second Bishop of the Riverina in New South Wales and was famous for his rose garden. Most of his roses survived after 30 years of neglect and very few of them can be identified. Zones 5-10

(1999)  Page(s) 119.  Includes photo(s).
 
‘Black Magic’. Modern, large-flowered climber. Dark red. ‘Black Magic’ gets both its beautiful dark red color and its rich damask perfume from its parent ‘Guinee’. The flowers are double and occur profusely, but like ‘Guinee’ the repeat bloom is poor. Growing to 10 ft (3m) or so, it is a good choice for pillars and tripods; it is also effective when planted near a window where its perfume can be appreciated. The foliage is abundant and the growth disease free. It may be more widely planted if it produced more blooms in summer and autumn. Zones 4-9. Hamilton, Australia, 1953. Seedling of ‘Guinee’.

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Schneesturm. TANmurse. syn 'Blenheim'. Modern, modern shrub, white, repeat-flowering. This rose bears large clusters of lightly fragrant, small, white and pink flowers. It is a healthy plant for the smaller garden and is also useful on banks and borders where it forms an effective ground cover. In a large container, and for a year or two in a sizeable hanging basket, it is particularly attractive. Tantau, Germany, Parentage unknown. Royal National Rose Society President's International trophy 1992.

(1999)  Page(s) 122.  Includes photo(s).
 
'Blue Boy'. Modern, Modern Shrub. Mauve. ....... This rose, despite the defects, is very interesting, because to obtain it the raiser crossed a bright pink Moss rose of 1877 with his own brash vermilion 'Independence' of 1951, with this extraordinary result. 'Blue Boy' was, in fact, initially classified as a Moss Rose and is grown more for curiosity and botanical interest than for its beauty. Zones 4-9. Kordes, Germany, 1958. 'Louis Gimard' x 'Independence'.

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Britannica Modern. Polyantha. Red blend, repeat-flowering. The flowers of this cheerful little plant are a pleasing shade of light crimson with a whitish eye at the base of the petals. There are only 5 petals and as many as 40 blooms in each flower spray, so it makes a conspicuous sight. There is little scent but flowering continues through summer and autumn, making this a useful garden plant where a low growing hedge or an item to fill a small space is required. It leaves are leathery, semi-glossy, small and narrow on a short, compact and bushy plant. Zones 4-9. Burbage, UK , 1929. 'Coral Cluster' x 'Eblouissant'.