Book  (2001)  Includes photo(s).
 
p111 Myrtle Robertson. Bellingen, NSW.
....and ‘Miss Rita’, both crosses of ‘Queen Elizabeth’ by ‘Woburn Abbey’.

p112. ibid. ‘Miss Rita’ is a two-toned pink rose with a strong perfume. There was a family in our street in East Maitland with five elderly sisters, all spinsters, four of whom needed round the clock nursing care. I used to take them a bunch of roses once a month. They were all lovely women but my favourite was Miss Rita. On the day Miss Rita passed away, the seedling ‘Queen Elizabeth’ by ‘Woburn Abbey’ bloomed. Marguerite Parkes suggested I call it ‘Miss Rita’. Miss Rita was small and very frail but the rose ‘Miss Rita’ is tall and Ian Kethel who sells quite a lot of it locally says it is the strongest rose in his nursery.

Book  (1999)  Page(s) 17.  Includes photo(s).
 
’Miss Rita’ c1986. ‘Queen Elizabeth’ x ‘Woburn Abbey’. Cluster Flowers Bush rose. Double, light pink flowers with deeper reverse and prominent stamens, yellow petal base, fully recurrent. Glossy, mid green foliage, reddish new growth. Flower: 35 petals, 90mm, 3 to 4. Bush 1m x 1m.

Website/Catalog  (1998)  Page(s) 10.  
 
‘Miss Rita’ Floribunda. Ca 1986. Australia. Double, fragrant, recurrent. 1.3m x 1.0m. light pink.

Book  (1997)  Page(s) 232.  
 
From Myrtle Robertson in Bellingen we have ‘Miss Rita’, a delightful pink Hybrid Tea, perfectly shaped and generous with her blooms, another true daughter of ‘Queen Elizabeth’.

Book  (1996)  Page(s) 91.  
 
‘Miss Rita’. Robertson, Australia. Around 1987. Floribunda. Pink [available from] Golden Vale.

Magazine  (1995)  
 
Heritage Roses in Australia - 2nd National Conference, Orange. Proceedings.
p101 Susan Irvine. Australian Bred Roses. Myrtle Robertson at Bellingen has gone on from here. .... and ‘Miss Rita’ are also being registered and are available from Ian Kethel at Bellingen.