Book  (1930)  Page(s) 27.  
 
The Old Roses
So much do we think of the Good Old Roses, growing more popular each year in spite of their antiquity, that we list them here by themselves.  Many of these are no longer in commerce but, recognizing their merits as well as their rich associations, we grow more of them each year.  We love and respect them.
Fortune's Double Yellow Climber, Noisette (1845)  ("Beauty of Glazenwood"; "Gold of Ophir"; "San Rafael Rose") Free grower covered in spring and early summer with a mass of flowers of nasturtium yellow suffused with coppery red.  ...  $1.00

Website/Catalog  (1928)  Page(s) 29.  
 
Climbers.
Gold of Ophir or Fortune's Double Yellow. Noisette. (Fortune, 1845.) Color combination of copper, carmine, and salmon, very beautiful. One of the popular climbers in southern California.

Magazine  (Oct 1925)  Page(s) 256.  
 
La rose panachée, Capucine Glazenwood Beauty. Son introducteur, M. Woodthorpe, de Witham (Amérique du Nord), la croit originaire du Japon. C'est du jaune d'or, rayé de carmin. La grandeur de la fleur et le parfum la rapprochent des roses thés. Qui la cultive encore ? D'aucuns, à sa parution, l'accusèrent d'èlre un mythe ! Cependant, je l'ai reçue, jadis, vers 1876 ! Je l'ai perdue, hélas ! ....Ad. Van den Heede.

Magazine  (Jul 1922)  Page(s) 342.  
 
Beauty of Glanxenwood (Nabonnand 1871), cette belle plante à fleurs jaunes striées de rouge mérite la même observation [un peu délicate pour le Nord]

Website/Catalog  (1922)  Page(s) 37.  
 
Climbing Roses. (34) Fortune's Yellow (Noisette) (Fortune) 6. Bronzy yellow shaded pink. Medium-size blooms in great profusion in the spring only.

Magazine  (Jun 1921)  Page(s) 211.  
 
Qui se souvient encore de la rose Glazenvood Beauty de Woodthorpe ? C'était, disait-on, pour, le, public rodophile la Maréchal Niel panachée de rouge. Elle appartenait à la série des Roses Capucines et avait, des caractères de la rose Thé ! Sa fleur était plus ample que la rose Capucine d'un si beau jaune.

Website/Catalog  (1921)  Page(s) 16.  
 
Roses.
Fortune's Yellow, yellow, flaked carmine; class: Noisette; habit of growth: very vigorous

Website/Catalog  (1917)  Page(s) 74.  
 
Climbing Tea and Noisette Roses
These are the Roses which make such a glorious display in the warmer sections of the country, covering porches, pergolas and trellises with their handsome foliage and gorgeous flowers.  Those marked H. will be found hardy even in the coldest climate if given protection during the winter, while those marked M. H. are moderately hardy and especially valuable for open-ground culture south of Philadelphia and in California.
Beauty of Glazenwood.  Moderately Hardy. — Brilliant golden yellow.

Fortune's Double Yellow.  Moderately Hardy. — Bronzed yellow or copppery and fawn color.

Gold of Ophir.  Moderately Hardy. — Nasturtium-yellow, suffused with coppery red.

Book  (1916)  Page(s) 23.  
 
In Redlands [California, there] is a hedge of 'Gold of Ophir' roses over a mile long, all grown from one rose bush...

Book  (Apr 1915)  Page(s) 78.  
 
In Roses and Rose Growing, by Rose G. Kingsley (The Macmillan Co.) states that the Banksias, some of the Multifloras such as Crimson Rambler, and one Noisette, Fortune's Yellow, "only flower on the sub-laterals, i.e., on wood three years old." [Note: this is not the experience of many growers of 'Fortune's Double Yellow.']