Book  (2000)  Page(s) 612.  
 
‘Vestey’s Yellow Tea’ = Ancien – Thé – jaune pâle, remontant. See ref Botanica's Roses.

Book  (2000)  Page(s) 613.  Includes photo(s).

Book  (1999)  Page(s) 52.  
 
Lady Vestey’s Tea Rose. Unknown. Tea. Yellow. [available from] Hilltop.

Book  (Dec 1998)  Page(s) 612.  Includes photo(s).
 
p612. ‘Vestey’s Yellow Tea’ Old. Tea. Light yellow, repeat-flowering. This Tea Rose was reintroduced into commerce from Mrs. Vestey’s garden. The original name has been lost. ‘Vestey’s Yellow Tea' is an unusual rose, since it produces masses of loose, semi-double flowers of 10-15 petals, and there are a few petals in the center of the flower. The blooms are medium to large in size, and are produced in small clusters. In warm weather, the blooms are cream and fade to white, but in cool weather they are a most attractive soft yellow; the same color as ‘McGredy’s Yellow’. The bush is tall and very spreading with an abundance of mid-green, semi-glossy foliage. There is a slight perfume. ‘Vestey's Yellow Tea’ covers itself with flowers from ground level upwards; it is an excellent rose to plant in groups for continuous color. Zones 5-10. Parentage unknown.

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 262.  Includes photo(s).
 
[ Picture of “Mrs. Vestey’s Yellow Tea”, but captioned ‘Madame Chédane Guinnoisseau’.
It is presumed the text relates to “Mrs. Vestey’s Yellow Tea”.and not ‘Madame Chédane Guinnoisseau’. Part of the text as as follows: ]

Not one of the better known of the Teas these days, probably because it is a little tender. ......is worth planting in a mild climate. It makes a big bush, with slender wood and finely cut, dark green, glossy foliage characteristic of the Teas and it is a non-stop producer of loosely double, fragrant blooms. The long buds sometimes justify the raiser’s claim of ‘canary-yellow’, but usually they are paler, and the open blooms rapidly pass to ivory.

Magazine  (1993)  Page(s) 151. Vol 12, No. 3.  
 
S. Brundrett and Sons. 100 Years of Rose Growing. 
Sam Brundrett emigrated to Australia with his widowed mother, three brothers and two sisters, from Lancashire in the 1880s. Three of the brothers became involved in horticulture. Alf was for a time in charge of the gardens at Dame Nellie Melba’s Coombe Cottage at Coldstream, near Lilydale.

Magazine  (1992)  Page(s) 2. Vol 14, No. 4.  
 
David Ruston: The day at Pinjarra was great….. We managed to put names on most of the roses in the garden, but a semi-double Tea rose [possibly “Mulvey’s Yellow Tea”] is the same as one I received from John Nieuwesteeg labelled “Mrs. Vestey’s Yellow Tea”.

Magazine  (1990)  Page(s) 8. Vol 12, No. 1..  
 
J. Nieuwesteeg. Victoria. Alister Clark Roses. Update November 30, 1989.
We now think we have' Dividend'...... at Coome [Coombe] Cottage we came across a semi-double yellow Tea rose with beautifully formed buds and bronze new foliage. I feel this is very likely' Dividend', 1931. I have a lead on someone who should readily confirm this one, so time will tell if my guess is correct.

[This Coombe Cottage foundling was possibly "Vestey's Yellow", and not 'Dividend'

Magazine  (1988)  Page(s) 23 Vol 10, No. 3.  
 
Rose Marsh. Cloth of Gold has just flowered and what a delight. It proves all the roses in this garden called by that name are not the same. The Mulvey Yellow (from Mulvey homestead) is one such rose.....

Magazine  (1987)  Page(s) 10. Vol 9, No. 3.  
 
Rose Marsh: “Mulvey’s Yellow Tea” planted in the late 1800’s and now struggling near an old homestead. The same rose was given me by an elderly lady gardener from Boyup Brook under the name Cloth of Gold, but I feel sure this is not correct. Every yellow old rose seems to be called Cloth of Gold.