Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 308.  
 
Leading Lady Hybrid Tea, flesh-pink, flushed peach-blossom, 1935, Dickson, A. Description.

Book  (1947)  Page(s) 119.  
 
 Leading Lady (Show)  Purely a rose for the show bench. Its light pink petals need the hand of the dresser to make up for garden faults. (HT)

Book  (1939)  
 
p38.  Frank Moore, Rose Echoes From the Homeland.
The Doctor reminded me of Leading Lady, who seemed to me to be one of the few well-named Roses with a sheen-like satin on the smooth perfection of her petals.

p120.  Mr. W. Summers, Blackwood, SA.
Leading Lady.- Beautiful shade of soft pink; good size and shape. Very promising.

p129.  Mrs T. R. Willis, NZ.  Rangitiki Roses. 
Leading Lady is a perfectly formed Rose of a very dainty shade of pink.

p135.  Grantham, Murrumbeena, Victoria.  Good and Not So Good.
Leading Lady has been both puzzling and disappointing. It started the season with great vigour and produced many buds, almost all of which gummed badly. Later two strong shoots died off suddenly. Growth recovered, but blooms still cannot open.

Book  (1938)  
 
p128.  Mrs T. R. Willis, Greatford, NZ.  Rangitikei Roses. 
Leading Lady is going to be everybody's friend - a soft dainty pink of perfect shape, exquisite in the bud as well as fully open; grows well, with good foliage; lasts well in water, holding the flowers on good stiff stems.

p130.  From New Zealand.
Leading Lady (1936).-Pale pink, good form, growth uncertain, sweetly scented. Good exhibition.

p131.  Mr W. Beattie, Thornbury, Vic.  Suburban Roses. 
Leading Lady has made good growth and produced some nice blooms, but has put forth a lot of blind shoots.

Website/Catalog  (1938)  Page(s) 27.  
 
Bush Roses
Leading Lady  (Hybrid Tea) By Dicksons of Hawlmark, 1934... Clear flesh pink delicately flushed peach-blossom rose with a soft satiny glow. Large, full flower of ideal conical form with beautifully reflexed petals and strong sweet scent. The bloom is carried erect on a rigid stem. Every bloom develops to perfection. Clay Gold Vase for the best scented Novelty of 1934; also Gold Medal N.R.S.

Book  (1937)  
 
p85.  John Poulsen, N.Z.  Christchurch Roses.
Leading Lady.- Sturdy, vigorous growth, producing very large, shapely flowers, most suitable for exhibition purposes. A lovely Rose with a sweet perfume.

p122.  Mr. Frank Penn, Auckland, N.Z. Some Gems Among the New Roses. 
Leading Lady (A, Dickson and Sons) is spoken well of by severai prominent growers. It is vigorous, and the colour (flesh pink) very attractive.

p127.   Mr. C. Heers, Q’ld. Novelties in Queensland.
Leading Lady. The growth so far has not given us an opportinity to discuss this variety. 
 

Website/Catalog  (1937)  Page(s) 45.  
 
New Roses 1936.  Leading Lady (HT.  A. Dickson & Sons 1935) F. 3. .....Looks like a pink sport of 'Dame Edith Helen'. A.H.M.Mts.P.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 31.  
 
Harry H. Hazlewood.  The New Roses of 1936. 
Leading Lady (Dickson) is a large double flower of eighty petals of pale soft pink and sweetly scented. The growth is good, with moderately healthy foliage, while the variety generally will be acceptable and popular.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 114.  
 
Mr. Allen A. Brundrett.  The New Roses in Victoria. 
Leading Lady, H.T. (A. Dickson). The blooms of this variety are very full, averaging between 30 and 40 petals. It has ideal exhibition form except that it has rather a short bloom, like Nellie Parker, but a great thing in its favour is that the outer petals reflex well, like Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt. The colour is also similar to Nelle Parker. It is hardy and free flowering, and with the above two varieties is well worth planting by exhibitors. It is very sweetly scented, having won the Clay Gold Vase for the best scented novelty of 1934. It has also been awarded a Gold Medal by the National Rose Society of England.

Website/Catalog  (1936)  Page(s) 40.  
 
New Roses 1936.  Leading Lady (HT.  A. Dickson & Sons 1935) Clear  flesh pink delicately tinted peach blossom rose, with a strong, sweet scent. The flowers are large and full, of ideal conical form, while the growth is vigorous and free. 4/- each.
Almost ivory white in bud stage; opening to soft pink blooms which are sweetly perfumed. 80 petals. Very good.