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Walsh's Handbook of Roses - 1911
(1911)  Page(s) 9.  
 
An improved or glorified Wichuraiana. Foliage full and habit of growth is larger and more vigorous than the parent Wichuraiana. Flowers are very large, many of them semi-double; fragrant; beautiful glossy foliage. Perfectly hardy. Color pure white; center filled with a crown of yellow stamens. Tips of petals tinged lightly with pink. Price, $1.50 each, or $15 per dozen.

Walsh goes on to quote 'Gardener's Magazine':

New Single Rose 'Milky Way' - Every year the race of Hybrid Roses derived from Rosa Wichuraiana increases, and though double varieties like 'Dorothy Perkins' and 'Lady Gay' are well able to hold their own, raisers have not forgotten the grace and beauty of single roses. 'Hiawatha' holds a prominent position among single varieties that show in a marked degree the influence of R. Wichuraiana, and the brilliance of its blooms appeals to most lovers of roses. 'Jersey Beauty', a single white variety, had some popularity, but has not "caught on" like 'Hiawatha'. There is however, a newcomer that bids fair to fill up the gap and provide a single Wichuraiana rose with an abundance of pure white flowers. This is 'Milky Way' a new seedling. It far surpasses R. Wichuraiana and 'Jersey Beauty', and bears this whiteness of the flowers being enhanced by the large central cluster of golden stamens. There is a lightness about 'Milky Way' that is sure to obtain for it a host of lovers. As a pot plant for flowering in the conservatory or winter garden during late Spring it is peculiarly beautiful, and it is really wonderful what large and lovely pillar specimens, branching and flowering in a most graceful fashion, can be produced in comparatively small pots. As a pillar plant or as a weeping standard on a tall stem Milky Way will be found most useful.
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