Book  (1906)  Page(s) 10.  
 
647. Amy Robsart, HR*, Lord Penzance 1894 rouge foncé

*Hybride de Rubiginosa was probably meant, although HR stands for Hybride Remontant.

Book  (1903)  Page(s) 254.  
 
The Sweet Briar.
The Sweet Briar is a native species well-known to all lovers of plants from the delicious fragrance of its leaves and the beauty of its bright scarlet fruit. It is also one of our best hedge plants.
1. Amy Robsart; flowers deep rose. [raised by the late Lord Penzance]

Magazine  (15 Mar 1902)  Page(s) 168.  
 
"Hybrid Stock for Rose Propagation" (Paper read before the American Rose Society by Dr. W. Van Fleet)
For high budding we have found nothing better than the Penzance Hybrid Sweetbriers, Rose Bradwardine, Amy Robsart, and Anne of Gierstein. They grow here more upright and vigorous than the type species, and are not subject to sun-scald like standard Manetti.

Magazine  (1 Sep 1900)  Page(s) 133.  
 
[Same text as in Revue Horticole, 1900, p. 386]

Magazine  (10 Jul 1900)  Page(s) 386.  
 
Variétés anglaises de Lord Penzance : Hybrides de R. rubiginosa.....

R. Amy Robsart. — Sarmenteux, très florifère. Rameaux glabres, longs et robustes, verts lavés de rose, les jeunes rouges; aiguillons décurves, rares et forts. Feuilles tri-juguées, à larges stipules fourchues, rouges en dessus comme le rachis ; folioles ovales-aiguës, bordées de dents de scie grandes et pointues accompagnées de grandes bractées ovales-aiguës; pédoncule unipluriflare. Ovaire ovoïde, long, glanduleux comme les sépales, étalés, grands et foliacés, boutons très gracieux. Corolle semi-double, large de 4 à 5 centimètres, d'un beau rouge ponceau ; pétales suborbiculaires à sommet tronqué; couronne courte d'étamines à anthères dorées.

Approximate translation

R. Amy Robsart. — Sarmentose, very floriferous. Twigs glabrous, long and robust, green washed with pink, the young red; spines decurved, rare and strong. Three-jugate leaves, with large forked stipules, red above like the rachis; leaflets ovate-acute, edged with large, pointed serrated teeth accompanied by large ovate-acute bracts; unipluriflare peduncle. Ovary ovary, long, glandular like the sepals, spreading, large and leafy, very graceful buds. Semi-double corolla, 4 to 5 centimeters wide, of a beautiful culvert red; suborbicular petals with truncate apex; Crown

 

Book  (1900)  Page(s) 121.  
 
On Roses.
Lord Penzance Hybrid Sweet Briars.
Raised by Lord Penzance from Sweet Briars, hybridised and selected. The flowers are semi-double, and of various pretty shades, with the sweet-scented foliage of the Sweet Briar. They have of late years become very popular, alike for their beautiful flowers, handsome berries, and for their value for clumps, arches, hedges, and nearly all other purposes, as they can be employed with a certainty of their hardiness and success. Amongst the score or so varieties, the following are specially pretty and useful: [...] Rose Bradwardine, Lucy Bertram, Anne of Gierstein, and Amy Robsart are all rose-coloured varieties... All of the above are worthy of a place in every garden.

Website/Catalog  (1899)  Page(s) 18.  
 
Lord Penzance's Sweet Briars.
These lovely hybrid Sweet Briars, apart from their extreme beauty, are intensely interesting, being crosses between the well-known Sweet Briar and various other roses, such as Austrian Briar, varieties of Galllca, etc. All of them possess the deliciously-scented foliage and strong, vigorous growth of the Sweet Briar, and are as hardy as Oak trees: the flowers are of the most beautiful tints, and are produced in great profusion, presenting the delightful odor and the numerous golden stamens of the Sweet Briar flower, and much larger. A unique race of Roses of great beauty.
Amy Robsart. Beautiful deep rose; robust grower and free.

Website/Catalog  (1897)  Page(s) 5.  
 
Lord Penzance's Hybrid Sweet Briars
A New Selection of Roses Which Will Be An Exceedingly Valuable Addition to Our List of Decorative Varieties.
Every one loves the old scented Sweet Briar Rose, the Eglantine of poetry. It was a happy thought that induced the Rt. Hon. Lord Penzance of England to devote his leisure to a blending of this old favorite with the modern garden and other roses by a careful series of crossings and hybridizings. The result attained is wonderful, and these new Hybrid Sweet Briars, which we have the pleasure of offering to our customers, cannot fail to give satisfaction, as they are charming garden plants of exceptional beauty, fragrance, and hardiness. They certainly are a great acquisition. Never perhaps since the introduction of the Hybrid Perpetual Section has there been such a decided break away from the ordinary Roses in cultivation as the Hybrids now offered.
The plants are very hardy, and are exceptionally robust, vigorous growers. They are quite astonishing in this respect, bushes four or five years old throwing up shoots ten, twelve, and even fifteen feet high. These when covered with the flowers have a most gorgeous effect, the flowers, which are single, and of the most beautiful tints, being produced in lavish profusion. The foliage, like the common Sweet Briar, is deliciously scented.
The plants should be given a position where they can develop freely. They should not be pruned to any extent, but should be allowed to assume a natural growth. We offer nine of the finest Hybrids, as follows:
Amy Robsart.—Lovely deep rose.

Website/Catalog  (1897)  Page(s) 6.  
 
Lord Penzance's Sweet Briars.
These wonderful single roses, raised by Lord Penzance, have already obtained a world-wide reputation, and are very popular. Like their parent (sweet briar) both foliage and flower are deliciously fragrant, they are all strong growers, free bloomers, and perfectly hardy. The flowers are single, but lasting. Extra strong plants, 4 to 6 feet high, 2/— each. These require no pruning, and make impenetrable hedges of great beauty.
Amy Robsart (Keynes & Co., 1894), lovely deep rose; the buds before opening are most graceful, of Sweet Briar type; an abundant bloomer; robust and free.

Website/Catalog  (1897)  Page(s) 10.  
 
Novelties of 1896.
Amy Robsart.  Dark rose.