Please note that this rose was launched NOT by Sunningdale Nurseries but by T. Hilling & Co, the nursery for which Graham Thomas worked at the time. It is not known whether 'Hidcote Yellow' or 'Lawrence Johnston' has priority; it depends on whether 'Hidcote Yellow' was validly published before Thomas/Hilling described it as 'Lawrence Johnston' in 1948.

Rose Listing Omission

Princess Miyuki

Princesa Miyuki (Prvi sneg) uteleša svoje ime in vzbuja svežo čistost svoje barve. Redko je najti čisto belo vrtnico, še posebej takšno z romantičnim vonjem, toda veliki, visoko v sredini nameščeni cvetovi te sorte dišijo po miri – bogati, topli, sladki, a hkrati pikantni vonji, ki spominja na janež.

Barva: bela
Oblika cvetenja: Visoko središčno
Velikost cvetenja (6 dni): Začne se pri 2,0 in se odpre do 5,2 palcev (13,7 cm)
Velikost glave: Velika
Število cvetnih listov: 70
Intenzivnost dišave: 5 od 5
Dišava: mira, sladki koren

Življenjska doba vaze : 10 dni

Izvor: Japonska
Dolžina: 40–60 cm
Navada odpiranja cvetov: 70%
Leto lansiranja: 2016

Nagrade: Rdeči trak SAF

Rose Listing Omission

Platinum Jubilee

Harkness Roses website

I've been fascinated by the history of this rose, and trying to learn as much as I can about it.
I read Flinders Petrie's publication about the tombs at Hawara in Egypt (Hawara, Biahmu, and Arsinoe — London, 1889). I would post a link to the full text but that doesn't seem to work here.
This is the publication in which Percy Newberry mentions the finding of "a rose (rosa sancta Richards) now confined, according to Prof. Crepan [sic] to Abyssinia." (p. 48). Unfortunately, Newberry doesn't give a description of the rose beyond that.
However. In Flinders Petrie's own description, he states: "Wreaths on the heads, pectoral garlands, and staves of flowers bound together, are found in coffins of this age; the flowers are usually red roses or immortelles." (p 15).
Sure, Flinders Petrie was not a botanist. But his description of red roses is at odds with the color of r. Sancta Richardii as it is in commerce nowadays.
I'll look further into this and will update here if I find more.