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“Moulton Noisette” (Found, Introducer/Date Unknown) Dr. Charles Walker wrote of this rose: "The Moulton Noisette came from the Reeves/Moulton home, [Macon, Georgia]. It was there in the early 1900s (1911?) when the Thomas Benjamin Reeves family moved in. Mary Reeves . . . told me about it and gave me a cutting . . . Her family called it The Sweetheart Rose. But I knew it was one of the early Noisettes.” Very fragrant blooms offer a “Rose and Honeysuckle” fragrance. Willowy canes adapt to growth as a climber, or as a large, fountaining or weeping shrub. A great rose for those who love the versatile Noisette in all of its forms. Pale pink blooms on a large Shrub.

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“Old Gay Hill Red China” (Found, Parentage, Introducer, & Date Unknown) Flaming red single blooms are further brightened by a contrasting white eye. This tough, heat-tolerant rose was discovered in Old Gay Hill, Texas. A continuous bloomer, it (like many other find “found” roses) was re-introduced by the Antique Rose Emporium of Brenham, Texas.

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“Old Town Novato” (Found, Cass Bernstein, Parentage, Introducer, & Date Unknown) Very fragrant fuchsia-pink blooms open to a variable form . . . now with a button eye . . . now with the look of a peony. Incurving petals display a distinctive silver-pink reverse, which gives the bloom extra depth. Color and fragrance are reminiscent of ‘Mme. Isaac Pereire,’ but there is an enormous difference! The plant under these blooms offers FAR better disease resistance than that well-known Bourbon, making it a far superior garden rose.

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“Pleasant Hill Cemetery” [“Wavy-Leafed Noisette”] (Found Noisette, Introducer/Date Unknown) Loosely-double white blooms shade to pink/amber at the centers, when the weather is cool. This cluster-flowering rose is a vigorous “Tea/Noisette” type, of some 8- to 10-ft., which can be grown as an easily-trained climber, with long, flexible stems. Repeat-bloom and fragrance are both notable. Profuse olive green foliage is long and narrow.

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Portland & Damask Perpetual Roses. 'Rembrandt' (Moreau-Robert, 1883) Fragrant, fully-double orange-red blooms - actually a sort of terra-cotta shade - are sometimes shaded purple, or highlighted by streaks or stripes of white. This is a rather upright plant of from 2 1/2 feet to 5 feet in height. Repeat-flowering. (Offered on behalf of Pierre Lauwers).

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“Musgrove Mill” (Found, Stan Henry, Roses Unlimited) The date and origin of this large, vigorous climbing rose are unknown, but it was found on the grounds of Musgrove Mill, in South Carolina—site of an important Revolutionary War engagement. Fragrant cream-colored blooms are cupped and double, with a brush of yellow at the heart. The plant is well-clothed with foliage in theWichurana style. Though similar to ‘Gardenia,’ (Rambler, Horvath, 1899, R. wichurana x ‘Perle des Jardins’), this foundling is fully remontant, blooming well from May into September.

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“Sarah Moon” (A Form Of ‘Maman Cochet’ S. Cochet, 1893) In 1897, Sarah and Alfonso Moon buried their infant son in Ventura’s City Cemetery (St. Mary’s). Leaving the cemetery, Sarah took with her a cutting from a nearby rose. Sarah must have had a green thumb, for her cutting grew into a healthy plant, which still thrives on the family property. The rose seems to be a variant of ‘Maman Cochet’ (Tea, Scipion Cochet, 1893). It looks at times like ‘Maman Cochet.’ At other times, it blooms as ‘White Maman Cochet’ (1896) or as ‘Niles Cochet’ (1906). Sarah’s Great Grandson,Walt Klement shared Sarah’s rose with the Gold Coast HRG.

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“Secret Garden Musk Climber” (Presumed R. moschata Hybrid; Found, Joyce Demits; Parentage, Introducer, & Date Unknown) A probable R. moschata hybrid, of unknown origin, the very existence of “Secret Garden Musk Climber” illustrates the importance of rose discovery and preservation. Joyce Demits found this rose at an old homestead, near the Gold Rush towns of Jamestown and Sonora. The elderly rancher passed away a short time later. His homestead and its roses are gone now – bulldozed in the interests of modern development. This rose might well have been lost forever. A big, graceful, continuously-blooming climber , “SGMC” fills the air around it with spicy, moschata fragrance. Mature plants grow in the San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, and the Descanso Gardens, La Canada, California.
December, 2008: There is now very good evidence that the circumstances and location of the discovery site are apocryphal. (But it IS a great story!) J.Jennings

(2005)  Includes photo(s).
 
p12 Photo. "Smith's Parish"

p23. “Smith's Parish” (Prob. Tea Rose, Found, Parentage, Introducer, & Date Unknown) “Smith’s Parish” is among the best known of the famous “Bermuda Mystery Roses.” In maturity, if not much pruned, this rose achieves considerable size and wonderful presence. Disease free, it blooms throughout the year in mild-climates. Some rose historians believe “Smith’s Parish” to be the long-lost ‘Five-Colored Rose’ – brought to England in 1844 by Robert Fortune. Without prejudice, we note that it blooms in a range of colors, color combinations, and flower forms. Semi-double snow white blooms on one cane contrast with solid red on another. Almost-double, shaded pink blooms bear a passing resemblance to those of ‘Hermosa.’ Some blooms are white, hazed pink. Snow-white near neighbors are randomly-streaked blood red. Have you counted? You'll find five distinctly different blooms on different parts of the plant. this may, or may not, be 'Five-Colored Rose', and there's little hope of proof either way. By any name, however, "Smith's Parish" is a first class addition to any mild-climate garden. (Donated by Ashdown Roses).

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“Tamalpais Homestead Tea” (Found, Mill Valley, California) Two very old roses, one 10-ft. x 12-ft. wide, reside on the fenceline of an abandoned Mill Valley home dating to 1906. Other roses on the property include 'Lady Hillingdon,' a Rosa manetti, 'Perle d'Or,' 'Duchesse de Brabant,' and possibly 'Russelliana.' The bloom resembles the rose in trade as 'Baronne Henriette de Snoy.' (Tea, Bernaix, 1897, ‘Gloire de Dijon’ x ‘Lamarque’)— yet the foliage is different from the the plant in commerce, more tea-like, more olive green and less pointed— in other words: less modern.