(Nov 1886)  Page(s) 336.  
 
New French Roses.There are many new varieties of the rose which will be sent out by French growers in November. Those described below have all been visited by the writer and the descriptions are from his notes...
Hybrid Teas.
Attraction. (Dubreuil.) Medium size, full, petals slightly crinkled. Very vivid rose, darker center, fine scent.

(1888)  Page(s) 226.  
 
Peter Henderson's Ball of Snow is the rose Boule de Neige that has had the name Anglicized. It is one of Lacharme's seedlings of 1867 and is classed with the hybrid Noisettes.

(1888)  Page(s) 226.  
 
Peter Henderson's Ball of Snow is the rose Boule de Neige that has had the name Anglicized. It is one of Lacharme's ...

(1888)  Page(s) 57.  
 
Jackson Dawson's variety of Rosa rugosa is the deepest and brightest red rugosa yet produced.

(1890)  Page(s) 187.  
 
[In Diseases of Rose Seeds and Seedlings, describing Drögmuller's contribution to rose breeding by the discovery of Phragmidium subcorticum which attacks rose seedlings]:
In the last few years, after this evil had been discovered and remedied (by what means is not stated), a number of fine new German roses have appears. Among them are...Kaiserin Friedrich. The last two are seedlings of Gloire de Dijon, crossed with [in the case of Kaiserin Friedrich] Perle des Jardins. Kaiserin Friedrich is of a brilliant golden yellow, beautifully shaded with carmine. Perhaps it may be compared to Gloire de Dijon with the colours of Marie van Houtte. It has been pronounced by connoisseurs the finest of the Tea class.

(1888)  Page(s) 226.  
 
The new rose Oakmont, first exhibited here in 1887, seems likely to be an acquisition, having shown vigor and free blooming qualities. It is a hybrid between President and Baroness Rothschild. It has smooth, soft pink petals like Paul Neyron, with a silvery tinge on the outside suggestive of La France. It has a marked tea fragrance, although its appearance is....

(1888)  Page(s) 229.  
 
Mr. Comley's rose, Oakmont, which was noticed in the Garden last year, on its debut, seems likely to prove desirable. The way it keeps its color after being cut especially impresses one

(1888)  Page(s) 14.  
 
An evident rose enthusiast, in the Quarterly Review, compares the modern history of the queen of flowers to the English queen's reign with which it is contemporary. He says that not one of the 500 roses on the first list sent out by Mr. Rivers, of Strawbridgeworth, is now to be found at our rose shows. "What a dethronement of those kings and queens," says he: "Roi de Prusse, Reine de Belgique, King of Rome, Empress of Russia, Grand Sultan, and even Queen of Perpetuals herself, exist no more."