Book  (1947)  Page(s) 132.  
 
 Black Boy (HT)  Fragrant. Habit 6. Needs little introduction to Australian gardens. A rampant grower. Blooms are borne in great profusion. They are deep velvety crimson, shaded maroon; richly fragrant and borne on long stiff stems. Open quickly to semi-double but splendid for decoration. Bush likes warmth and is very hardy.

Website/Catalog  (1945)  Page(s) 24.  
 
'Cl. Blackboy' Deep velvety crimson, shaded blackish maroon, and overlaying fiery scarlet. The richly fragrant blooms are large, semi-double, and are produced on long, stiff stems. In addition to extraordinary vigour, it has mildew-proof foliage and should be planted in a warm position.

Book  (1940)  Page(s) 21.  
 
Black Boy Climbing Hybrid Tea. (A. Clark; introduced by the National Rose Society of South Australia, 1919)... very dark reddish black in spring, flushed intense red, shaded almost black in summer...

Book  (1939)  Page(s) 66.  
 
S. J. Bisdee.  Melbourne's Roses Through Tasmanian Eyes. 
I was next the guest of Mr. Clark at Moonee Valley races. I am not a racing man, and this was the first race meeting I had attended in my life! Incidentally, the first horse I ever backed (Manja) yielded me a nice "divvy" for my five bob; in fact, I enjoyed beginner's luck throughout the day. As is only natural, every pie in which Mr. Clark has a finger is bound to be rosy, and here at Moonee Valley racecourse I had the pleasure of seeing that lovely hedge of Black Boy stretching, I don't know how many yards, along the front of the reserves. I wonder how many courses can boast such a fine show!

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 102.  
 
Boy, Black (cl. HT) A. Clark 1923; Et. de France X Bardou Job; velvety dark crimson, shaded blackish maroon, very large, 3/4-full, cup form, lasting, solitary or up to 3, fragrance 4/10, free-blooming, long-blooming, long pointed buds, growth 8/10, climbing, hardy. Sangerhausen

Book  (1935)  Page(s) 106.  
 
H. B. Hampton. Climbing Roses in Texas. ‘Black Boy’, another Australian, is a good red climber, but it does not bloom very well in autumn.

Book  (1933)  Page(s) 83.  
 
E. M. Grassick, Horticultural Expert, The ‘Australasian”, Melbourne. Roses as Cut Flowers:
All the virtues of the perfect Rose cannot be contained in any single variety and no excuse need be given for placing 'Blackboy' high in the list of red Roses suitable for cutting. The habit of drawing the tips of the petals rather closely into the bloom is its greatest fault, as against the decorative habit of other Roses with reflexed petals, but it will bloom over twelve months of the year, and bunches may be gathered in mid-winter. When the majority of other Roses are sleeping, 'Blackboy' is still working, like the proverbial nigger boy. In common with other Roses raised by Mr. Clark, it has the delightful habit of dropping its petals before they have commenced to droop or lose their colour.

Magazine  (1 Oct 1931)  
 
J. Horace McFarland. Among the Roses. I should earlier have mentioned 'Black Boy', which is another in this same group, and which gave me a great thrill as I saw it first open in California this year. There it is easily the best dark-red climbing Rose. In the fall of 1930 it bloomed again at Breeze Hill, and with flowers of almost the blackness that is a proper dream of 'Chateau de Clos Vougeot'.

Article (newspaper)  (17 May 1928)  Page(s) 48.  
 
Of the varieties raised in Australia that need special mention are ‘Black Boy’ raised by Alister Clark, a vigorous climbing rose. Deep velvety crimson shaded blackish maroon, the blooms are large, semi-double, and are produced on long stiff stems. The only weak point it seems to possess is that the flowers do not hold their shape when picked. This variety simply revels in the burning sunlight, so do not plant it in a cold, sunless position.

Article (newspaper)  (9 Jul 1927)  Page(s) 17.  
 
The list of 12 climbing roses published last week among the roses recommended by the National Rose Society of Victoria represents the leading varieties suitable for growing on pergolas, fences, arches, summer-houses, and on the walls of one story houses. ‘Black Boy’ and ‘Marion Manifold’, the first two roses on the list are both red roses, and are both Australian raised....... ‘Black Boy’ was raised by Mr. Alister Clark and sent out in 1919. It seems to be improving in vigour and constitution with the years. Like ‘Miss Marion Manifold’ it may be planted in positions where its strong-growing tendencies can have free play, and will succeed in all soils and under hot conditions. Like most of the hybrid tea roses, the largest percentage of blooms are carried through the spring and autumn, but even in January blooms may be gathered freely from a well-grown plant.