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'Climbing General MacArthur' rose References
Magazine  (Dec 2020)  Page(s) 29. Vol 42, No. 4.  
 
Billy West.  Some Favourite Fragrant Roses. 
Clg General MacArthur (Hugh Dickson, 1922) but with some intriguing spicy notes. It is a wonderful rose in our climate and deserves to be better known.
Article (newspaper)  (Feb 2009)  Page(s) 3.  Includes photo(s).
 
Patricia Routley: Mrs. Sheila Gravett, who lived halfway between Northcliffe and Manjimup, became a very dear friend of mine for a too-brief number of years. She had a whole garden full of old roses and I was always welcomed when I came to take cuttings of yet more roses. Climbing General MacArthur was standing at the back of the shed, overseeing the bull paddock and why Sheila planted him there, so far from the path I don’t know for she knew the rose’s fragrance well. But I have done the same here and it is a joy to wander over to look at and smell this rose. I unhesitatingly say that it is my most fragrant rose and I seem to smell a blend of musk and damask. The parentage of the 1905 ‘General MacArthur’ bush rose, bred by E. G. Hill, USA, is not known, but it may have come from the 1897 ‘Gruss an Teplitz’. (Australia’s Alister Clark noticed that both these roses set a hip for every flower that opens.) England had simply loved it and from 1920 to 1923 it was number one in the rose popularity charts there. Someone then noticed part of a rose growing madly and they cloned it and Dickson, UK put ‘Climbing General MacArthur’ on the market in 1923. Colour in roses varies according to soils and conditions, and crimson, red, pale carmine, and once even a “red cabbage” colour have been used to describe ‘General MacArthur’. Mine are possibly a light crimson-cerise. They have about 30 broad petals that open to loose, cup-shaped blooms and hold their form before dropping cleanly. They were said to “blue” but I haven’t particularly noticed this “blueing” in my climber. There are about three or four flowering periods during the season, but between these periods the rose is usually flowerless. They are not affected at all by the rain so the best times are the spring and autumn flowering when the soil is damp. It doesn’t really like the heat and was no good in California and Texas. But it did very well in Scotland and England - and Northcliffe. It seems to be tolerant of poor, heavy soils and I am so grateful for roses that are. My two bushes are a bit bare about the legs, but the rose doesn’t need support and stands up strongly by itself, making a graceful arching tall bush. It is a bit thorny too and gets a little die-back, but nothing the General and I can’t handle. One bush is competing with the karris and doing well for such an old fellow. I would love to see it growing in perfect conditions. ‘General MacArthur’ was often compared with ‘Richmond’, another dark red also bred by E. G. Hill in the same (1905) year and ‘Richmond’ also sported to a climbing version in 1912. My rose wasn’t named for the “I shall return” General of Philippines fame, but for his father, Lieutenant-General Arthur MacArthur who lived from 1845 to 1912. As I said - my most fragrant rose.
Book  (Apr 1999)  Page(s) 376.  
 
General MacArthur, Climbing Climbing Hybrid Tea. H. Dickson 1923. Sport of 'General MacArthur'. The author cites information from different sources... Deep velvety crimson...
Book  (Dec 1998)  Page(s) 264.  
 
General Macarthur Climbing.    Modern,  large-flowered climber, deep pink, repeat-flowering.   The flowers of this sport of the bush form are rose red, fairly large and full, with broad petals that open cup shaped and hold their form before dropping cleanly.   The damask fragrance is wonderful, and although most of the flowering is in summer there is a sporadic show extending through to autumn.   Growth is vigorous, with branching stems capable of growing twice as far as the average size for a climber, and the plant is well furnished with dark leathery leaves.   It is lovely on a high wall, big fence or pergola, where it can travel some distance.   It was named for an American general, who lived from 1845 to 1812.   Dickson, UK 1923.   Sport of ‘General MacArthur’
Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 203.  
 
General MacArthur, Climbing Climbing Hybrid Tea, deep pink, 1923, Dickson, H.
Book  (Jun 1992)  Page(s) 212.  
 
General MacArthur, Cl. H. Dickson, 1923. Hybrid Tea. Sport of 'General MacArthur'. [Author cites information from several sources.]
Book  (1992)  Page(s) 413.  
 
General MacArthur.   Bush form E. G. Hill & Co.  USA 1905.        Climber Dickson UK 1923.     
Large, deep, rosy-red, highly scented, loosely formed blooms emerge from pointed buds.  Free-flowering and very vigorous.  Wood maroon with large dark green leaves.   Summer flowering only.  Tolerant of poor soils.  Very fragrant.   18’x 10’  or 5.5 x 3m.  
Book  (1976)  
 
General MacArthur Cl . Rose red, large, lightly double, very fragrant, tall
Website/Catalog  (1960)  Page(s) 27.  
 
CLIMBING GENERAL MAC ARTHUR (Hugh Dickson 1923). Rouge écarlate semi-double, grande végétation.  O[dorante].
Book  (1958)  Page(s) 129.  
 
General MacArthur, Cl. Cl.HT. (H. Dickson, '23.)
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