Book  (1929)  
 
p88. A. G. de Lacy, Blackburn, Victoria: Bushfire stands out, drooping his swaying festoons of scarlet to the ground, from whence they spring…

p106. Frank Mason, Feilding, NZ: Bush Fire and ….are all wanted.

p107. picture [of a standard] reproduced by courtesy of B. Hogg, Esq.

p149. Mr. Bruce Hogg describes a new and unorthodox manner of growing Bushfire successfully, as shown in illustration on page 107. Bushfire is a cerise-coloured Wichuriana, reared by Mr. Alister Clark at Bulla, and, owing to its habits, is very easily trained in any manner desired. My plant is on a 6 ft stock, and is very securely staked to 1 ½ in. square jarrah. Attached to the stake I have three wooden hoops, each varying in diameter by about a foot, the narrow one being on top, the widest at the bottom; they are spaced about 1 ft 6 in apart. This gives an effect like an early Victorian crinoline skirt. Bushfire throws its best flowers from the previous year’s wood, and since it sends out an abundance of new wood each year, I got the unorthodox idea of pruning it like a Loganberry – that is, to cut away all the old wood as soon as it has finished flowering. Then cut the old trailers back to about six inches from their base, and sometimes right to the base, according to the supply of new trailers, these receiving the whole of the sap of the plant grow very strongly and quickly, some being as long as 12 ft. These long shoots I train to about a foot from the ground, and bend back to the framework, giving an effect like the frill of the crinoline. Unfortunately, Bushfire only flowers in the spring, but treated this way, it has none of that ugly gnarled wood common to most creepers, and its beautiful young shoots covered with very clean dark green foliage offer splendid compensation for the lack of autumn flowers.

[Note Bushfire was advertised in the “Glenara” Seedlings advertisements in the following years:
Bushfire. Spring flowering climber 28
Bushfire. Early Summer Climb 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 ]

Book  (1928)  
 
p59 Bushfire is an Australian-raised rose, having very large clusters of rich crimson flowers, with a narrow yellow centre to each flower.

p106 Wichuriana roses are not usually pruned in winter time. They flower in early summer, from rods produced in the previous season. If such roses as Hiawatha and Bushfire are noted, it will be seen that simultaneously with the flower-masses, new strong rods are being produced, usually from the base of the plant. These are the growths which will flower in twelves months’ time.

Website/Catalog  (1927)  Page(s) 69.  
 
(No. 13). Bush Fire (Alister Clark). A first-rate crimson variety which is superior to many others of the same colour, in that it is highly mildew resistant.

Website/Catalog  (1925)  Page(s) 1.  
 
Rambler. Climbing Bushfire, scarlet.

Website/Catalog  (1925)  Page(s) 27.  
 
Bushfire (Wichuriana) – Very vigorous, with beautiful mildew-proof foliage, producing in summer immense clusters of rich crimson colour. The best of its class.

Website/Catalog  (1922)  Page(s) 45.  
 
What Not to Grow. List recommended to be discarded by Interstate Conference of seedsmen and nurserymen. Held in Sydney, November 1921. .... Bushfire.

Magazine  (1 Dec 1918)  Page(s) 26.  
 
Bushfire …..raised by Mr. Clark.