Website/Catalog  (1997)  Page(s) 15.  
 
Mrs. Richard Turnbull (Hybrid Gigantea) 1945. Alister Clark. A very large vigorous climber bearing large single almost white blooms in early Spring only. This plant requires a good strong support and could be mistaken for Mermaid.

Book  (1997)  Includes photo(s).
 
Colour picture between p226-227

p252 Mrs. Richard Turnbull. Extremely vigorous climber. R. gigantea hybrid. Flowers are single, white with golden stamens. Scent is superb. Flowers prolifically in early spring. Our plant came from the Turnbull home and from the Alstons.

Magazine  (1995)  
 
1995 Heritage Roses in Australia 2nd National Conference, Orange, NSW
Proceedings p85 Susan Irvine’s address: …..Mrs. Richard Turnbull flowers briefly but is spectacular with her great cream single flowers and her magnificent scent. She is growing up an oak and has extended long arms into a neighbouring almond.

Newsletter  (1995)  Page(s) 19. Vol 4, No. 3.  
 
Mrs. Richard Turnbull. HT 1945 Alister Clark (Clark listed with H.Gig climbers) ???

Book  (1994)  Page(s) 121.  
 
Mrs. Richard Turnbull Extremely vigorous climber. R. gigantea hybrid. Flowers are single, white with golden stamens...

Magazine  (1994)  Page(s) 28. Vol 16, No. 1.  
 
Zoe Monotti: Over the past twelve months we have continued to meet in members homes with an occasional trip away. We have enjoyed many memorable visits, such as the wonderful November day with Tid Alston in her beautiful garden at Oaklands Junction. Tid’s family were great friends of Alister Clark and the property is not far from Glenara. We discovered many of Alister Clark’s roses and, to our delight, Mrs. Richard Turnbull, a large cream rose was in bloom, scrambling through a huge oak tree.

Magazine  (1979)  Page(s) 7. Vol 1, No. 3.  
 
Mrs. Richard Turnbull, 1945. Large flowered rambler, very large single white, handsome stamens.

Book  (1953)  Page(s) 82.  Includes photo(s).
 
p82-3 D. Toogood, Box Hill, Victoria. It will also be agreed upon by those who have had experience of staging single roses that many of them drop their petals, or become limp very quickly so that their beauty rapidly diminishes. At least, such was the case until the advent of Nancy Hayward, which remains firm and fresh and does not drop its petals for some considerable time. I find that this applies generally to the late Mr. Alister Clark's Hybrid Gigantea strain, and particularly to Nancy Hayward and Mrs. Richard Turnbull. Both of these produce equally large flowers; both are rampant growers capable of a spread of 50 feet or more. Mrs. R. Turnbull has been a little slow to get known, but I have sold more plants of it since I have grown a plant around the side of my shed. The bloom is of a lovely cream colour, and has five large petals......This year I have planted self-pollinated seed of Mrs. Richard Turnbull. I have some misgivings as to whether these will grow, though I know no reason why they should not. I believe the seeds must have been ripe, although the pods, as large as a penny in circumference, remained green on the plant for months. They looked as sour as sour could be when I was splitting them open,. The seeds appeared well developed, but the handling of them gave me such a quince-like feeling that my teeth seemed nearly to turn on edge.

Book  (1950)  Page(s) 136.  
 
Mr. F. Tuckfield, of Caulfield North, Melbourne writes: I gladly pass on a discovery I have made in the excellent qualities of the late Mr. Alister Clark’s climbing rose, Mrs. Richard Turnbull, which now covers a large area of an ugly fence with the most pleasing evergreen glossy foliage, providing an excellent background for the shade loving rhododendrons and azaleas. The blooms of Mrs. Richard Turnbull have provided a wealth of the choicest flowers I have even (sic) seen, and I could not be without it.

Book  (1946)  
 
p93-2. Dr. A. S. Thomas. …….None of these rank with Cl. Lorraine Lee, Nancy Hayward and Mrs. Richard Turnbull (all evergreen) for the purposes of covering fences, garages and other unsightly objects……..

p96-1 Mr. D. Toogood, Box Hill, Victoria: Companion Roses. The two Banksias – Alba (white) and Lutea (primrose) have only the colour at variance. Mrs. Alister Clark’s two single climbers, Nancy Hayward and Mrs. R. Turnbull, I think would be found quite uniform except colour of flower.