The American Rose Annual 1923
article-Roses of the World
page 153
NEW ZEALAND

Avalanche, H.T. (Lippiatt, 1922.) Flower very large, full, well-formed;
pale, creamy white, with deeper center. Vigorous, upright.

Bouquet d'Or, H.T. (Lippiatt, 1922.) Bud intense yellow; flower of beautiful
shape, light golden yellow. Very vigorous.

Golden City, H.Per. (Lippiatt, 1922.) Rayon d'Or X Frau Karl Druschki.
Bud golden yellow; flower well-shaped, light buff. Robust, branching habit;
continuous bloomer.

Gwen Nash, Cl.H.T. (Clark; intro. by Lippiatt, 1922.) Flower large, semi-
double; soft shell-pink, deepening toward the edges. Strong climber.

Opaline, H.Per. (Lippiatt, 1922.) Louise Catherine Breslau X Frau Karl
Druschki. Flower large, well-formed; pale pink, shaded carmine and old
gold. Vigorous; very free bloomer.

Radium, Per. (Lippiatt, 1922.) Beaute Lyonnaise X Captain Hay ward.
Flower well formed; carmine, shaded coppery red. Vigorous, upright; free.

Zaida, H.Per. (Lippiatt, 1922.) Flower large, perfectly formed; pale
coral-pink. Vigorous.

From Allen M. Hale's Pioneer Nurserymen of New Zealand'.

"Mr. Lippiatt was keenly interested in the growing of a variety of stocks on which to bud his roses. Finally, he was responsible for the production of a practically thornless rose stock to which he gave his own surname.
Lippiatt rose stock "took on" with all the large growers of roses, and it remained the favourite rose stock until it was superseded by the more favoured multiflora type of stock.
In 1907 the world-famous rose hybridiser, Alex Dickson, England, honoured the name of W. E. Lippiatt by naming one of his creations, a brilliant velvet crimson rose, after him. This beautiful rose was exhibited at the Auckland Horticultural Show in 1910, and won the Amateur Championship for the best rose in the Show.
With the idea of acquainting himself with all the latest ideas of propagating and breeding roses, William Lippiatt paid a visit to England and the Continental rose growers in 1920.

While in France he paid a visit to the Prince of Rosarians, Pernet Ducher, at his nursery in Lyons. Here he saw a lovely bed of 5,000 Souvenir-de-Claudius-Pernet roses. They were all in flower, and William Lippiatt counted it as the finest sight he had seen in his life. The beautifully shaped blooms of rich sunflower yellow made a lasting impression which he never failed to talk about when he returned to New Zealand.
William Edward Lippiatt loved roses. He never ceased talking about them, and when he died New Zealand lost one of its best authorities on the Queen of Flowers. "