(Nov 1994)  Page(s) 164.  
 
Anna Olivier Tea. Ducher (France) 1872. Description... flesh-pink with dark pink reverse...

(Nov 1994)  Page(s) 29.  
 
Description... flowers late, their warm colour and shape resemble 'Maiden's Blush'...

(Nov 1994)  Page(s) 244.  
 
Apeles Mestres. Pedro Dot (Spain) 1925. 'Frau Karl Druschki' x 'Souvenir de Claudius Pernet'. Description... pale clear yellow...

(Nov 1994)  Page(s) 9, 27, 34.  
 
Page 9: Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770) painted portraits of roses of his time. The original may be seen in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. They include 'Red Provence' R. gallica officinalis
Page 27: In Rosa gallica officinalis, 'Versicolor', 'Conditorum', and 'Tuscany' we are looking at unsophisticated early cultivated forms.
Page 34: Officinalis (Rosa gallica maxima) Sometimes called 'Splendens', also known as 'Red Damask' (see Chapter 13 re: confusion over the name of 'Red Damask'), gave us the sport 'Rosa Mundi', 'The Apothecary's Rose' and also probably the 'Red Rose of Lancaster'. Much-branched, strong suckering proclivities when on its own roots. Blossoms: semi-double, light crimson, yellow stamens. Probably the oldest cultivated form of R. gallica.

(Nov 1994)  Page(s) 140.  
 
Archiduchesse Élizabeth d'Autriche Hybrid Perpetual. Robert et Moreau (France) 1881. Description... [Thomas grew 'Vick's Caprice' and found it frequently reverted to a lilac-pink rose. He] came across its portrait in the Journal des Roses, with the statement that it occurred in Mr. Vick's garden in 1892, on a bush of 'Archiduchesse Élizabeth d'Autriche'... it is exactly like 'Vick's Caprice' except in colour...

(Nov 1994)  Page(s) 140.  
 
Ardoisée de Lyon Hybrid Perpetual. Damaizin (France) 1858. Description... dark mid-pink with greyish tint... subject to mildew...

(Nov 1994)  Page(s) 62.  
 
Aristobule Foulard (France) 1849. Moss. Description... rich crimson-purple with purple flush in the centre, which is quartered...

(Nov 1994)  Page(s) 252.  
 
Ash Wednesday ('Aschermittwoch') Kordes (Germany) 1955. Description... large, full, grey-white flowers borne in bunches...

(Nov 1994)  Page(s) 29.  
 
Assemblage de Beautes ('Rouge Éblouissante') France, 1823. A compact bush, very few real thorns, and rich green leaves which make a hard contrast to the startling, extremely vivid blooms. At first they are of intense cerise-crimson, later becoming flushed with purple, and the multitudes of small petals reflex into a ball, revealing a small green point in the middle of a hard button eye. It creates an amazing picture in flower, and makes an excellent contrast to some of the softer tones, such as 'Anais Segales' and intensifies the purple and murrey tones of 'Tuscany' and others of that tint. This is the rose one finds labelled 'Ponceau' in some collections. "Poppy-coloured" is a slight exaggeration, but it is certainly a vivid piece of colour. 4 feet.

(Nov 1994)  Page(s) 239.  
 
Auguste Gervais Barbier, France, 1918... First-class foliage and large flowers... coppery flame-pink on the reverse which makes a splendid contrast to the bland creamy-apricot on the inside of the petals... always beautiful in hot weather... Has a long flowering season...