Book  (31 Mar 2010)  
 
'Mrs W. R. Groves' HT, dr, 1941, Clark, A.; flowers deep red; foliage good.

Book  (2010)  Includes photo(s).
 
p251 Mrs. W. R. Groves was born Edie Hawthorne Clark on ……

p254 On undertaking a search of the Groves’ old garden in Kyneton a few years ago, rosarian Susan Irvine located a nuimber of Clark roses. Growing alongside the cast-iron verandah posts in the front garden was the red hybrid tea ‘Mrs. W. R. Groves’. It is once again available to the rose-growing public….

[refer to Susan irvine’s 1997 reference]

Book  (1999)  Page(s) 17.  
 
Mrs. W. R. Groves – 1941. Large Flowered Bush rose. deep red flowers. No longer available.

Website/Catalog  (1998)  Page(s) 5.  
 
Mrs. W. R. Groves. Hybrid Tea. 1941. A. Clark / Aust. Semi-double. Fragrant. Recurrent. 1.4m x 1.1m. dark red.

Magazine  (1997)  Page(s) 28. Vol 19, No. 1.  
 
Elizabeth and Andrew Govanstone. The Women Behind the Roses. People who Alister knew through horticultural circles included .... and Mrs. W. R. Groves (1941).

Book  (1997)  
 
p215 I visited Dr. Grove’s home while I was in Kyneton – one of those solid, foursquare old bluestone houses for which the district is renowned. Dr. Groves had been first and foremost a lover and grower of sweet peas, but he, too, had “tried out” roses for Alister. This garden is cared for. Many roses have been planted since Dr. Grove’s days, but the present owner had bought direct from him and could point out those that were there when she bought the house. Among these were a couple of deep reds. ‘Mrs. W. R. Groves’, released in 1941, is described simply as “deep red; foliage good’ – not much help. The rose had been presented to the Kyneton Rose Society and presumably her husband would have planted one. But was it, in fact, one of the two old reds we found here? And if so, which one? Nothing but uncertainty here. So these two are condemned to sit indefinitely in the bed of “possible Alister Clarks”!

p254 ‘Mrs. W. R. Groves’ – A deep red Hybrid Tea released in 1941. Dr. Groves was a medical practitioner in Kyneton and the rose released under this name was found growing at the front door of the house where he lived. The property is no longer in the Groves’s hands and the description in 'Modern Rose', “deep red, foliage good” is hardly sufficient to allow us to identify it with any certainty. It may be the rose named after Dr. Groves’s wife, but it equally well may not be.

Book  (1996)  Page(s) 97.  
 
Mrs. W. R. Groves. Clark, Australia, 1941. HT. Red. [available from] Bleak, Golden Vale, John’s World, Mistydown.

Newsletter  (1995)  Page(s) 19. Vol 4, No. 3.  
 
Mrs. W. R. Groves. HT. 1941 Alister Clark.

Book  (1994)  Page(s) 89.  
 
Alister had a friend at Kyneton, another daffodil breeder, Hugh Dettman. Both he and Dr. Groves of Kyneton "tried out" roses for Alister to determine whether they should be released... Dr. Groves had been first and foremost a lover and grower of sweet peas... Mrs. W.R. Groves [is] deep red; foliage good... The rose had been presented to the Kyneton Rose Society

Book  (1990)  
 
p90 .... As an insurance against eel-worm at Glenara, Alister had either bought or rented land at Kyneton in which to grow daffodils. Here he met ....and Dr. Groves who was also interested in roses.

p121 Mrs. W. R. Groves, 1941. Called after Dr’s wife in Kyneton.

p123 Mrs. W. R. Groves, 1941.