(1978)  Page(s) 85.  
 
‘Angèle Pernet'  One of the roses nearest to pure orange we have ever seen. The flowers were small but the colour was rare. I believe more should have been developed from it. Raised by Joseph Pernet-Ducher from 'Benedicte Seguin' x a Hybrid Tea, and introduced in 1924. It won Gold Medals in England and France. Unfortunately we know practically nothing about the seed parent, apart from its orange-yellow colour, and that it was a 1918 introduction from Pernet-Ducher.

(1978)  Page(s) 151.  
 
Mr Martin  of Rose Angle, Dundee,  who  raised 'several  of our prettiest varieties', according to Thomas  Rivers....... Mr Martin's strangely named abode tempted him to dub some of his Ayrshires after it: 'Angle' and 'Angle Blush' are puzzling rose names without that knowledge. 

(1978)  Page(s) 98.  
 
Over the years we introduced [Albert] Norman's roses, the most pleasant of relationships was sustained.  We learned to love Mrs. Norman who was commemorated in 'Charlotte Elizabeth'.   Their daughter had the excellent rose 'Vera Dalton' and a grand-daughter was 'Anne Elizabeth'.

(1978)  Page(s) 155.  
 
in 1879 the second Polyantha came from the widow Rambaud of Lyon;  it was white, 'Anna-Maria de Montravel'

(1978)  Page(s) 128.  
 
....The rather light leaves of 'Honeymoon' and 'Arthur Bell' are typical of the 'Clare Grammerstorf' line,

Arthur Bell. Tall. yellow. Remontant. Perfume: 6. Hips: 3. Three stars recommendation.
Most people feel slightly annoyed with 'Arthur Bell' when his yellow swiftly ebbs away; but the contrast of gold and primrose is not displeasing. A sweetly scented Floribunda, 'Arthur Bell' has an excellent record of health. He has been a channel for Kordes' Sweet Briar strain to pass through into Hybrid Teas as well as Floribundas. Raised by Sam McGredy from 'Clare Grammerstorf' x 'Piccadilly' and introduced in 1965. If you wish to know who Arthur Bell may be, look at a bottle of Bell's Old Scotch Whisky.

(1978)  Page(s) 151.  
 
'Ayrshire Queen'   Trailer      Purple red    Summer
In the absence of any plants, we cannot be sure how much this rose departed from the appearance of its clan. Thomas Rivers raised it from 'Blush Ayrshire' x 'Tuscany'; the latter is a French Rose, and we may guess at the colour it gave from considering Edward  Le Grice's  'News'  which was fathered  by  'Tuscany Superb'. 'Ayrshire Queen' was introduced in 1835,  as the only dark Ayrshire known; we  may note that its English raiser was canny enough to put the Scotch name on it. But only thirteen years later, it had failed to get into William Paul's comprehensive list of roses in The Rose Garden. 
   Thomas  Rivers  gave a  warning  against duds concerning an  Ayrshire  named 'Lovely Rambler',  or  'Crimson Ayrshire': 'its petals too flaccid, to be  much esteemed; it is mentioned here to prevent its two imposing names from misleading the amateur.' 
   'Crimson Ayrshire'?  Wasn't that dark?

(1978)  Page(s) 120.  
 
'Baby Château'  Medium     Crimson     Remontant  P1  H3
The  name refers to 'Château de Clos Vougeot, that darkest of red roses from Pernet-Ducher; 'Baby' refers to the flowers rather than the growth, and has been omitted as misleading by some. This introduction of 1936 was not of itself a great rose; indeed it was described by its breeder as a 'lame duck'. In spite of this, it proved to be the parent that transmitted to  modern roses those fiery scarlet geranium colours, which perhaps have proved more arresting than restful. It is, therefore, one of the more important roses, even though its value in the garden was low. It was bred by Wilhelm Kordes, and was  crimson, with no hint of the fires beneath. 
There can be little doubt  that the vivid vermilion scarlet was inherited from Polyantha roses, among which it first appeared in the sport 'Gloria Mundi' ; but that and other similar sports did not transmit the colour to their progeny, probably because their sporting affected only their exterior cells, and not the interior ones where the sexual activity occurs. However the parentage of 'Baby Château' reveals that Polyantha enters into it, being 'Aroma x (Robin Hood'   x  'Ami Quinard' ).
'Aroma' and 'Ami Quinard'  were red Hybrid Teas, the former from  Cants and the latter, a very dark one, from Charles Mallerin.  'Robin Hood' was called a Hybrid Musk, although  in reality it is a Polyantha, and was only excluded from that class by its size, because people thought Polyanthas should be dwarf, Its pollen parent was the crimson Polyantha, 'Miss Edith Cavell'. To complete the link with 'Baby Château's' namesake, Mallerin had used a rose bred from 'Château de Clos Vougeot' when he raised Arni Quinard'.  
Such is the account given by Wilhelm Kordes in the Rose Annual 1953, but he apparently gave Modern Roses a different parentage, by substituting 'Eva' for 'Robin Hood'.  Should that be correct, it merely places 'Robin Hood' one generation back, for it was a parent of 'Eva'. One boon which either 'Eva' or 'Robin Hood' might be thanked for, was that 'Baby Château' passed to her progeny an excellent standard of health.

(1978)  Page(s) 157.  
 
‘Baby Faurax’. Shortest. Amethyst. Remontant. P4. H1. *
R. multiflora astonishes us again with flowers of dark amethyst in ‘Baby Faurax’. They are small, very double, and fragrant. The plant does not distinguish itself by growing very much, being stumpy and rather ugly, which is a shame because the flowers are pretty. I recommend anyone to try it, because this is the nearest thing to a blue rose, and an interesting curiosity. The best way to grow it is in a pot in the greenhouse; let it stand outside after flowering. It is certainly not a Miniature, despite the descriptions to be found in some catalogues. It was raised by Leonard Lille of Lyon, and introduced in 1924. Speculation about its parentage has not found an answer, apart from a suggestion it may be a dwarf version of one of the Multiflora Climbers.

(1978)  Page(s) 136.  
 
p136.  'Baby Gold Star'  Shortest    Yellow Remontant    P2   H1 
While John de Vink was  mixing `Rouletii with Polyanthas,  Pedro Dot had the audacity to marry it to Hybrid Teas. His home was  San Feliu de Llobregat, near Barcelona, Spain. As a result of that address, around which there was a civil war, some of  Dot's roses were not introduced until many years after they had been raised. He was breeding in the 1930s with a yellow Hybrid Tea called 'Eduardo Toda', which he had raised from Ophelia x 'Julien Potin' ; it was not introduced until 1947. By its parents, and by its effects upon Rouletii' , I should think 'Eduardo Toda' could have been invaluable in breeding  yellow Hybrid Teas. As seed  parent to`Rouletii it produced  'Baby  Gold Star', or 'Estrellita de Oro', as Pedro Dot named it.   'Baby Gold Star' was introduced in the United States in 1940. It is famous for bringing yellow into the class, but at a cost, for it is a plant with few shoots, and much blackspot. The flowers are brilliant yellow and very double. 

p137.  ‘Rosina’ .....Although  this was raised in about 1935, it was obviously second choice in the raiser's judgement to the more double 'Baby Gold Star'......The parents were 'Eduardo Toda' x 'Rouletti', 

(1978)  Page(s) 137.  
 
'Baby  Masquerade'   Shortest   Yellow & pink  Remontant    P1    H1  ***
Probably  the easiest Miniature to grow, although one might think the flowers a trifle shaggy. It is not unlike 'Masquerade' in miniature, but the colour contrast is not so sharp, because the red is less in evidence; nor is the flower formation similar. In flower production and colourful effect, it is one of the most successful.    Mathias Tantau raised it from 'Peon' x 'Masquerade',  and it was introduced in 1956.  It has also been known as 'Baby Carnaval' , not in England as one might guess from the spelling; and the raiser's German version of its name is 'Baby Maskerade' .