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Newsletter  (2017)  Page(s) Summer issue, p. 18.  
 
[From "Old Tales from an Old Rose Collector", by Pamela Ashworth Puryear (reprint from Summer 1987 issue), pp. 17-19]
In November 1979, Diane Stewart, wife off A & M English Department head, Dr. David Stewart, joined me for The First Rustle. Diane and I got “Camp Inn Rambler” (viz. Excelsea) and the famous Old Blush in the Anderson Cemetery.
Article (misc)  (2005)  Page(s) 110, Table 5.1.  
 
Excelsa: diploid
Book  (Apr 1999)  Page(s) 564.  
 
Excelsa Wichurana. Michael H. Walsh 1908
Book  (Nov 1998)  Page(s) 114.  Includes photo(s).
Book  (1994)  Page(s) 5-7, 118, 120.  Includes photo(s).
 
Pages 5-7: Michael H. Walsh in Massachusetts used both R. multiflora and R. wichuraiana [in his breeding program]... In 1909 Walsh introduced Excelsa, a rambler with crimson blossoms… [it] set a new standard for wichuraiana hybrids and it was soon grown everywhere, for it was healthier and easier to train than 'Crimson Rambler' -- the other popular red climber of the day.
Pages 118 and 120: [Photos]
Book  (1994)  Page(s) 113.  Includes photo(s).
 
Plate xix... grown as a weeping standard
Book  (Sep 1993)  Page(s) 169.  
 
Excelsa ('Red Dorothy Perkins') Rambler. M.H. Walsh 1909... generally assumed to be a sport of 'Dorothy Perkins'... it is, apart from its color [pale crimson], identical, even down to the mildew.
Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 169.  
 
Excelsa Rambler, tyrian rose to bright light crimson, 1909, ('Red Dorothy Perkins'); Walsh. Description.
Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 139.  Includes photo(s).
 
Excelsa ('Red Dorothy Perkins') Wichuraiana rambler. Parentage: unknown. USA 1909. Description and cultivation... Produces small bright crimson flowers in large clusters...
Book  (1993)  Page(s) 144.  Includes photo(s).
 
('Excelsa', 'Red Dorothy Perkins') A small-flowered Rambler. Walsh (USA) 1909.
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