Does anybody have any information at all, or even ideas on what class of rose "Katie Pianto's Rose" (possibly synonymous with the "Balmain Rose") may be? Mr. and Mrs. Pianto were Hon. Librlarians of the Rose Society of South Australia in the 1960s and lived in Toorak Gardens, Adelaide. I believe this rose may have been given to Katie Pianto and was originally found around Balmain, a suburb of Sydney, but have never been able to find any proof of this. I understand it was imported into New Zealand from Australia in the 1980's under the study name of the "Balmain Rose". Because of its smooth pedicels, and stipules which are minutely glandular but with no hairs, I feel it is not of multiflora extraction. The leaves have a china smoothness feel. The styles may be separated so possibly not synstylae. For me, "Katie Pianto's Rose" was the most beautiful rose in David Ruston's garden at Renmark (and he has thousands of roses). I have planted three of them and would dearly love to know more about this rose.