Article (misc)  (22 Jul 2009)  
 
Dr. Frank Leith Skinner papers

Albion. Rosa laxa hybrid, shrub to four feet, leaves firm, dark green leaflets small, buds cream opening to double white flowers, flowers throughout the season.

Book  (1967)  Page(s) 49.  
 
Some All-Canadian Roses
by Fred Blakeney, Victoria, B.C.
Now we come to the Dean of Canadian Hybridizers in the person of Dr. Frank L. Skinner of Dropmore, Manitoba, who has been hybridizing roses and other plants for over sixty years. [...]
Other originations followed in succession, the chief ones being:
"Albion", R. laxa hybrid. Flowers white, double, recurrent bloom.