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The Practical Book of Outdoor Rose Growing For the Home Garden, Garden ed. 1920
(1920)  Page(s) 222.  
 
Bloomfield Abundance is a low hedge rose of, if not cut back, a five to six foot pillar rose; does not winter kill; blooms in sprays; something like Cecile Brunner only larger; color salmon pink; it is double and lasting; blooms continuously and prolifically from June to frost; foliage nearly perfect, dark green varnished. A dainty little rose and absolutely new.
(1920)  Page(s) 79.  
 
Comtesse du Cayla Reddish carmine, tinted orange. Personal preference for best China. P. Guillot 1903. China. Growth good. Hardiness 7. Foliage very good. Stem good to very good. Size of bloom small. Number of blooms: early and June, 14; July, 8; Aug., 5; Sept., 12; Oct. and late, 10. Form of rose, fair. Lasting, fair to poor. Color, very good. Number of eyes to leave in spring pruning, dead wood.
(1920)  
 
General MacArhur “Color tends to blue....small (blossoms) in hot weather....almost immune from mildew;   slightly susceptible to (black-) spot.......Medium to large growth, very hardy;  fine leathery foliage, good stems;  fairly long bud, opening into medium-sized bloom of fair substance;  a very fine keeper and good bloomer from frost to frost.  Not as large as ‘[Dr.] Huey’ [HT] or ‘[Laurent] Carle’ [HT].  Plant 18 inches (4.5dm] center to center.  Prune to 5 eyes.
(1920)  Page(s) 316.  
 
Lady Ashtown. A light salmon pink.  Disbud.
(1920)  Page(s) 69.  
 
Lady Plymouth Tea; Alex. Dickson & Son, 1914. Deep ivory cream, very faintly flushed.
Novelty....In color, lasting and foliage
Color....Excellent
Fragrance....Mild
Lasting....Color good, frgrance brief; form very good
Shape....Good in bud and open flower
Substance...Good
Size....Above the average
Blooming....Two year old plants, May and June 6, July 8, August 3; September 10, October and late 1; total 28
Hardiness....Canes living 8 inches above ground level in spring
Foliage...Especially fine
Growth...Bushy and with many canes but not exceptionally tall
Stem...Quite good
Plant....22 inches
Prune....5 eyes
Note....An improvement in the well-known type of yellow Teas.
(1920)  
 
Beautiful old gold yellow, shaded with orange yellow, golden yellow bud. A case in point of the danger of recommending a new rose—considered promising in 1915 on account of its most attractive color, good foliage and fair growth. Has not improved during the past season and can only be considered as a collector's rose.
(1920)  
 
A more brilliant salmon that (that of] ‘Mme. Leon Pain’ and of more perfect form but not as reliable a bloomer in the summer and autumn
[Courtesy Brent C. Dickerson The Old Rose Adventurer page 430]
(1920)  
 
'Mrs Arthur Robert Waddell' Pernet-Ducher, 1908. ....Rosy scarlet bud, opening reddish salmon, reverse of petals rosy scarlet, semi-double. Fair amount of disbudding..... “Medium spreading growth, fine foliage; very hardy, fair stem; pretty bud, but opens somewhat single; in summer not a good keeper. Undoubtedly the best of its color, and a wonderful bloomer in spring, moderate in summer and very good in autumn. Plant 18 inches (ca 4.5dm) center to center. Prune to 4 eyes.

Courtesy Brent C. Dickerson, 'The Old Rose Adventurer', 1999, page 477
(1920)  Page(s) 221.  
 
Mrs. Dunlop Best is an attractive orange yellow in bud; lighter when opening; it has thirty-six petals and will average thirty-five blooms in its second year; a good cutting rose, with fine lasting qualities and good, bush habit; must be placed with best of the Yellows.
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