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Growing Old-Fashioned Roses in Australia and New Zealand (Nottle) First Edition
(1983)  Page(s) 70.  
 
Baxter Beauty (date unknown) a sport from the well known ‘Lorraine Lee’. The growth is bushy and vigorous with silvered, plum-tinted leaves and stems. The blooms are moderately scented and open to semi-double, loose flowers of apricot yellow. Like ‘Lorraine Lee’ it can be pruned hard in midsummer and produce a main crop of blooms at midwinter.
(1983)  Page(s) 83.  
 
Roses listed by Alexander MacLeay in the 1830's
 
(1983)  Page(s) 70.  
 
Cherub (1923) a large flowered Rambler with rich green glossy foliage and very strong growth. It blooms only once. The flowers are put up in good sized clusters and are cupped, semi-double in shades of salmon and pink. It makes a splendid plant for tall standards.
 
(1983)  Page(s) 76.  
 
Chianti.  A recent introduction and a ‘daughter’ of ‘Constance Spry’.    Very tall, arching growth, with dark wine red flowers and a powerful fragrance.    Once blooming.   Similar size and features to ‘Constance Spry’.    
(1983)  Includes photo(s).
 
plate. 71

p69. One of Mr. Clark’s most striking breeding lines was the one where he used the huge climbing rose from Burma, Rosa gigantea, as the pollen parent and judiciously selected Hybrid Teas of the day. Among them are the following….. and ‘Harbinger’. They are most attractive strong climbers and are worth the trouble of tracking down. They are all still grown in private collections, through owing to their large size I doubt many people would have more than two in a small garden…..

p70. ‘Harbinger’ (1923) a vigorous climber with abundant bloom. The foliage is large and light green. In late spring the large single pale pink flowers are a great opening to the rose season. A much more refined shade of pink than the Hybrid Musk ‘Vanity’.
(1983)  Page(s) 70.  
 
Lady Huntingfield (1937)( a delightful rose with long stems holding aloft large, globular double flowers of light golden apricot. The perfume is good and so is the vigorous bushy growth. Given me by Mrs. Pat Moulds of Norton Summit, South Australia, as a survivor from her father’s nursery garden.
(1983)  Page(s) 56.  
 
Bourbons….: "Mme Moser (1890) a bush of moderate habits which has grown to roughly 1.75m with us in three years. Without doubt this one will grab the hearts of many a romantic for its flowers are pure chocolate box! Each bloom is packed with petals and formed along the lines we would expect from any rose from the reign of Queen Victoria - perfectly old-fashioned. The centre of each bloom is a shade of warm flesh pink while towards the outside the petals are lighter, almost white at the edges of the bloom. The petals have a very delicate appearance and one would not expect them to stand wet weather well, yet we have found them to bear up tolerably well. A good "new" introduction."
(1983)  Page(s) 70.  
 
Milkmaid. (1925) described as a Noisette by Clark with one parent being the beautiful ‘Crepuscule’. This plant makes a strong climber with dense clusters of modest semi-double fragrant blooms of cream and fawn tinted white flowers. Good dark green foliage.
(1983)  Page(s) 58.  Includes photo(s).
 
Plate 35

p58. (Centifolia chapter) Paul Ricault. (1845) This rose is among the most frequently grown unknown roses that is brought to me for naming. I have found it in no less than twenty different places growing naturalised and I am certain that photographs and specimens sent me from all over southern Australia show it to be very widely distributed. It is a strong grower with exceptionally thorny growth and dark leathery leaves. It can get up to 1.75 m or so but looks better pruned somewhat lower as the bottom of the plant without leaves is rather gaunt. Flowers are produced in good sized heads and are prolific. The flowers are strongly scented and in the true old-fashioned rose form. They are fully double and rather flat when fully expanded. What is remarkable about them is the texture of the deep rose pink blooms; they have a silken sheen which is immediately noticeable. From my collections I would say that it is one of the commonest plants used for decorating graves during the last half of the 19th century.
(1983)  Page(s) 73.  Includes photo(s).
 
Photo of bush. [Caption:] Tea roses – Rookwood
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