MARGARET ANNE BAXTER
White HT
T. Smith & Sons, Stranraer, UK. 1927


1928 The Australian Rose Annual
p112. J. S. Oliver. The English Shows. Others that took my fancy were Margaret Anne Baxter (white).....
p113. The following roses obtained gold medals. Margaret Anne Baxter, pale lemon, with salmon-coloured centre.

1928 The Rose Annual, UK.
p175. A. H. Pearson. Notts. Show of New Roses., Margaret Anne Baxter. H.T. (T. Smith & Sons, Stranraer), white with a faint tinge of blush, long pointed bud, full, fragrant, good dark foliage.
p254. Courtney Page. The New Roses of 1927. Margaret Anne Baxter (H.T.) T Smith & Sons. A vigorous growing Rose. The colour is white, with a faint tinge of blush. The blooms, which are well formed, are carried on long stiff stems. The foliage appeared to be variable, that on the plant being a light green, and that on the cut blooms a dark green. Free of Mildew. Sweetly scented. It will be useful under glass and for bedding.

1932 Bobbink & Atkins, U.S.A. Roses. 1932 catalogue. ( Gift Bill Grant, Jan 30, 2007)
p7 Margaret Anne Baxter. HT. (T. Smith and Sons, 1928) Buds very large and the white flowers are full, high-centred, and fragrant, sometimes tinted flesh-pink. Leathery foliage and vigorous, upright growth.

1932 The Rose Annual, UK.
p156 H. Edland. Provincial Show, 1931. ....and Margaret Anne Baxter, a fine white Rose of grand form.
p241. Thomas Smith & Sons, Stranraer advertisement. Hardy Scotch grown gold medal roses. Margaret Anne Baxter. H.T. The perfect white scented rose. 1/3 each.

1940 The Rose Annual, UK.
p32 H. R. Darlington. Notes on Roses and Their Perfume. Margaret Anne Baxter has well-shaped flowers, carried erect and produced freely, and with such qualities makes the best bedding Rose among the whites.

1941 The Rose Annual, UK.
p48. Bertram Park. Queen Mary’s Garden, Regent Park. Margaret Anne Baxter was extra good, probably on account of the fine weather; she is one of the best white [sic] in a fine season.

1942 The Rose Annual, UK.
p31 Symposium on the 12 Best Roses for Bedding Purposes. .....and Margaret Ann [sic] Baxter, both subject to damage in wet weather

1945 The Australian Rose Annual
p C. C. Hillary., Roses in Regent’s Park, London. A few other roses, including Princess Margaret Rose, Dickson’s Perfection and Margaret Anne Baxter seemed entirely out of place in such brilliant company. They had little to commend them in the way of colour and their growth and flowering left much to be desired.

1947 The Rose Annual, UK.
p20 Courtney Page. Symposium on the Best 15 Roses for Specimen Blooms and Decorative Purposes.
Margaret A. Baxter. Raiser: Smith. Date of Intro: 1937 [probably a typo for 1927?]

1954-55 Roy Hennessey’s Roses. Fall and Spring catalogue
p8. Margaret Ann [sic] Baxter. This is a very fragrant and very double as well as fairly strong growing white, and almost an H.P. but completely recurrent. It has a slight trait to come with split centers after the fashion of some of its predecessors of when that was considered the proper form of the Rose to have a quartered center but however I have enough customers who don’t think in terms of modern day style to want a big growing everblooming fragrant white rose that is very double.

1964. Dorothy C. Stemler, USA Roses of Yesterday and Today. 1964.
p64. Margaret Anne Baxter. Hybrid Tea. 3 – 4 feet., Thirty-five years old... and the most beautiful white Hybrid Tea rose I know, even among recent AARS winners. Only a robust, healthy plant with leathery foliage could produce the enormous blooms of Margaret Anne. Pure white buds open slowly, allowing time for each beautiful phase. And the Grande Finale! ... a full blown flower of 75 to 100 petals with a delightful faint flesh-tan at the very center....and scented.