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AGNES BARCLAY
Alister Clark, HT. 1927
Comtesse Dusy ( AC. Refer Australian Rose Annual 1938-28)
[Note: Comtesse Dusy. 1893 Tea. From ‘Innocente Pirola (T) x ‘Anna Olivier’ (T).]
“Alister’s records show a cross between ‘Comtesse Dusy & Crepuscule” (Refer Susan Irvine, 1997-253)
Presented to the N.R.S. Victoria.
Alister Clark (“Glenara Seedlings”) Advertisements
(Note - the spelling and classification have been taken directly from the Alister Clark advertisements, usually on page i, in the Australian Rose Annuals.
Agnes Barclay*. Bedder 28
Agnes Barclay*. Dwarf Hedge 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
Agnes Barclay*. Everblooming 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
1927. Hazelwood Bros. P/L Catalogue
p27 New Roses, 1927. Agnes Barclay (H.T.) (Alister Clark). – A beautiful rose of rich coloring – yellow and reddish salmon tints, giving a pleasing effect to a fine bush that is large enough to form a low hedge of about three feet in height. The rose is continuously in flower, and has a well-shaped bud that carries a tea scent. Most beautiful in autumn and winter. Presented to the N.R.S. Victoria by Alister Clark, Esq. 5/- each.
1928 Australian Rose Annual
p13 Executive’s Report. The National Rose Society of Victoria. ….Alister Clark Fund. The fund consists of money raised from the sale of new roses presented by Alister Clark, Esq., the money being invested, and only the interest being available to the Society towards the prize funds. ….. From the sale of the new roses, ‘Agnes Barclay’ and ‘Billy Boiler’, 40 pounds was added to the fund during the year.
p121 Agnes Barclay. Our new Treasurer, Mr. W. H. Dunallan, Northcote, tells how to use our new rose effectually.
“To the enthusiast, desirous of growing nothing but roses, and at a loss what to do for a border, the new Alister Clark creation, Agnes Barclay, is the greatest boon possible. A beautifully compact bush of about eighteen inches high, bright green foliage, and constantly loaded with lovely pink buds, which open into pink and cream flowers, it is indeed the ideal border plant, and will be a source of delight to anyone who uses it for this purpose.
1930 Modern Roses-1 (I do not have this publication – Patricia)
(date of 1929)
1931 Australian Rose Annual
p58 Editor. Roses of Australia. Agnes Barclay (H.T.) Alister Clark, Vic. A beautiful rose of rich coloring, yellow and reddish salmon tints, giving a pleasing effect to a fine bush that is large enough to form a low hedge of about three feet in height. This rose is continuously in flower, and has a well-shaped bud that carries a tea scent. Most beautiful in autumn and winter. Presented to the N.R.S. Vic. .
p127 Mr. W. L. Bredero, of Orange, N.S.W. Alister Clark’s Roses in a Mountain Climate. I wonder who has not yet planted Agnes Barclay. So very dainty. Unluckily, in many seasons, we lose the autumn flowers.
1932 Australian Rose Annual
p26 Alister Clark. “Glenara” Seedlings. Agnes Barclay, although small, is refined, distinct and beautiful. I grow it as a 3 feet hedge. No Rose could carry more flowers.
1938 Australian Rose Annual
p28 Alister Clark. A Walk About “Glenara”. Powder Puff, not yet issued, is a dear little white, and I think came from Comtesse Dusy, as did Agnes Barclay, a hedge of which, about five feet high, is seldom flowerless and is a nice shade of salmon pink.
1941. T. G. Stewart, Box Hill, Vic. ‘Quality Roses’ catalogue
p2 Agnes Barclay (H.T.) A beautiful Rose of rich yellow and reddish salmon tints. Well-shaped bud, having a tea scent. Most beautiful in autumn and winter.
1944 Australian Rose Annual
p32 Alister Clark. An Extraordinary Season. ….Of “Glenara” seedlings, amongst the most treasured are: ….and Agnes Barclay.
1990. T. R. Garnett “Man of Roses”1990
p40 …..Instead by the end of 1886, things were moving to crisis point. Alister, Aggie and Jessie accompanied by Jack Barclay, another Clark cousin who had met Aggie earlier, arrived in Melbourne on 19 December aboard SS
Clyde. ……….. Six weeks later, Aggie announced that she was to marry Jack Barclay.
p66. Another person who wrote to Walter at this time was Jack Barclay, now in Sydney. (He and Aggie spent half their lives travelling to and from Australia).
p82 Aggie had warned him [Alister] in mid-November that he might be needed in Sydney, but it was another month before Jack Barclay died.
p110 Jack Barclay (1853-1910) married Aggie Clark (1858-1939)
p119. Agnes Barclay. Yellow red-salmon. HT, 1927. Tea-scent.
1995 The Rose Breeder Australian Rose Breeder’s Association newsletter Vol 4, No. 1
p17 Agnes Barclay. HT. 1927. Alister Clark. Countess Dusy sdlg.
1996. Dianne Ackland The Australian Rose Directory 2nd Edition
p6 Agnes Barclay. Clark. Australia. 1927. H.T. yellow/pink. [available from] Cottage.
1997. Susan Irvine’s “Rose Gardens” , 1992 & 1994. This edition 1997
p253 ‘Agnes Barclay’ – A fragrant Hybrid Tea released in 1927 and described in Modern Roses as “yellow and reddish salmon”. Alister’s records suggest that it is a cross between ‘Comtesse Dusy’ and ‘Crépuscule’ and a coloured advertisement dated 1927 shows a semi-double soft salmon-pink rose with marked yellow stamens.
1997 Susan Irvine “Rose Gardens of Australia”
p183 ….and the putative ‘Agnes Barclay’, whose identity, unless further evidence comes to light, needs to be treated as suspect.
1998-1999. Golden Vale Nursery - Catalogue 1998/1999
p2 Agnes Barclay. China. 1927 A. Clark / Aust/ semi double Few or no prickles. Fragrant. Recurrent/continuous. 1.0m x 0.8m yellow pink blend.
1999. Dianne Ackland “The Australian Rose Directory” 3rd Edition 1999
p6 Agnes Barclay. Clark. Australia. 1927. China. yellow/pink. [available from] Cottage, Golden Vale.
1999. Peter Cox Australian Roses
p11 Agnes Barclay – 1927. Large Flowered Bush rose, fragrant, yellow and reddish salmon flowers. No longer available.
2005 April 7. [private correspondence to Patricia Routley]
I'm not sure this is the source of all stock, but in the late 80's I collected cuttings from a garden opposite Alexandra Post Office [Victoria] . There were several (known) Clark roses in it and some others which resembled Clark's work, to me at least. One of these was what we now call ‘Agnes Barclay.’
2006. December 10, [private correspondence to Patricia Routley]
As far as I know, all the stock of the current 'Agnes [Barclay]' comes from the collection opposite the Alexandra PO.
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