Article (misc)  (2008)  Page(s) Unpublished.  
 
Bushfire H Wich mr 1917 Parentage unknown Clark A.

Book  (1999)  Page(s) 8.  
 
Bushfire – 1917. Rambling Rose, small, double, bright crimson flowers with yellow centre. No longer available.

Magazine  (1997)  Page(s) 29, Vol 19, No. 1.  
 
Elizabeth and Andrew Govanstone, Portland, Victoria. ……Just as the names of other Clark roses such as Bushfire and …...suggest a period in our history, perhaps, at face value, they were only names chosen to assist marketing!

Newsletter  (1994)  Page(s) 15, Vol 3, No. 4.  
 
Bushfire. Wich. 1917. Alister Clark.

Book  (1990)  Page(s) 119.  
 
Bushfire. Crimson yellow centre. Cl. 1917. Early summer.

Magazine  (1979)  Page(s) 4. Vol 1, No. 3.  
 
Alister Clark Roses: Bushfire. 1917. Rambler, small double bright crimson, yellow eye around centre, large truss.

Website/Catalog  (1941)  Page(s) 11.  
 
Bushfire (Wich. Ramb.) Bright, rich crimson, with yellow base. Growth very strong.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 117.  
 
Bush Fire (hybrid wichurana) A. Clark 1917; glossy crimson, yellow zone around the center, small, double, very large clusters, growth 7/10, climbing. Free-blooming Excelsa.

Book  (1931)  
 
p53. T. A. Stewart. A record of all Australian Raised Varieties: Bushfire (Wich). Alister Clark, Vic. The colour is bright crimson, with a narrow yellow zone around the centre of each flower, and borne in great profusion.
P84. Alick Ross, Ashton, SA: Rose Growing in the Adelaide Hills. Bushfire is inclined to burn (possibly this is why it was so named), but in favourable weather it makes a fine show.

p128. Mr. W. L. Bredero, Orange, NSW: Alister Clark’s Roses in a Mountain Climate: Bush Fire, after many years of absence, has been added to the collection, together with …….

Book  (1930)  Page(s) 122.  
 
…wichurianas….they, however, do not vary much in colour so the choice is restricted. Lady Gay (bright pink). Dorothy Perkins (slightly deeper), Sodenia and Bushfire (deeper again) and Excelsa (red).