American Rose Annual 22: 124-126 1937
The Nurseryman's Rose Responsibility
P. R. Bosley, Mentor, Ohio

At first, points of difference in a deteriorated variety are very small. They are like forks in a road, quite close together and yet one fork may lead you far astray. For example, I began to notice that Rev. F. Page-Roberts was just an ordinary yellow rose—a long way from the beautiful two-toned rose it is pictured. We set about to find the most highly colored blooms, and to cut bud-wood from only those very sticks. Continuing this over a number of years, Rev. F. Page-Roberts began to look like its color illustration.