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'Mrs. Alister Clark' rose References
Book (2010) Page(s) 71. A diary entry from 1906 states: 'Glorious day, hot sun, wind slight. Roses coming out well. Mrs A. Clark very good, also another Arovoire [Antoine Rivoire?] seedling.
Book (2008) Page(s) 223. Mrs. Alister Clark. A. Clark, Vic. c1915. creamy yellow, red margin, Vigorous, single flowered.
Magazine (1997) Page(s) 28. vol 19, No. 1. Elizabeth and Andrew Govanstone. The Women Behind the Roses. Although a diary note reveals a Mrs. Alister Clark rose at Glenara as early as 1906, it appears to have failed the testing applied to ensure the quality of his plants.
Book (1936) Page(s) 44. Alister Clark. Random Reflections. : I hope to issue … and ‘Mrs. Alister Clark’ next year.
[Was this the third rose to be called 'Mrs. Alister Clark?]
Book (1920) Page(s) 158. Mrs. Alister Clark. Tea. Creamy yellow, red margin. Vigorous, single flowered. Alister Clark, Victoria.
Magazine (1 Dec 1918) Page(s) 26. Some of Mr. Clark’s Roses are already well and favorably known by the Rose growers of Australia. We may instance …. and Mrs. Alister Clark.
Article (newspaper) (10 Apr 1917) Page(s) 8. Walking on past the Wishing Tree and through the gates dividing the middle from the lower garden, we come upon a bed with 60 plants of the ever-blooming, never-want pruning, Australian-raised garden rose named Mrs. Alister Clark, planted in July, 1916. This rose was raised several years ago in the garden of Mr. Alister Clark, near Melbourne. This year we shall have for one of our novelties, or new roses, one called Queen Alexandra, raised by the Rev. J. H. Pemberton, that received awards of merit from the National Rose Society of England, and which appears to be identical with Mrs. Alister Clark. [From a paper by Mr. E.N. Ward, superintendent of the Sydney Botanic Gardens, describing a walk through the gardens.]
Website/Catalog (1917) Page(s) 50. Irish and Other Single Roses. Mrs. Alister Clark. H.T. Single. (Alister Clark) – Colour creamy yellow with a rosy red margin around petals; of good substance, vigorous growth, and free branching habit.
Website/Catalog (1915) p128 ‘Mrs. Alister Clarke’. Tea. Single. Creamy yellow with a rosy red margin around petals. Vigorous and free branching habit.
p141. Climbing and Pillar Roses. Mrs. Alister Clark. Single flowered.
Book (1911) Page(s) 172. Roses in Australia. By A. Moore. Mr. Alister Clark, of Melbourne, the President of the Victorian N.R.S., has, in Mrs. Alister Clark, a single H.T. Rose of great charm...
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