(31 Jul 1937)  Page(s) 19.  
 
Australian Roses [...] Contributions from Queensland. [...] Coming nearer home we have several desirable kinds raised by Queensland growers. [...] Several good polyantha kinds, including Acervate, a pinkish-lavender, were raised by Mr. A. Miers. of Landsborough.

(24 Jul 1954)  Page(s) 17.  
 
Thornless Rose is Rarity Now
By S. B. WATKINS
RECENT letters in the "Brisbane Telegraph" concerned thornless roses. One correspondent mentioned a variety with lemon yellow perfectly shaped blooms in her garden which was entirely thornless. A second correspondent gave the name of this rose as Alexander Hill Gray, and this is undoubtedly correct. Today Alexander Hill Gray, along with many other roses of the tea class, to which A. H. Gray belongs, has disappeared from rose lists. It was introduced in 1911 by A. Dickson, a leading British rose hybridist, and for many years was a very popular variety. Its main defects were a tendency to ball (i.e. the tight full buds would not open freely), and lack of colour.

(7 May 1938)  Page(s) 21.  
 
PROBLEMS ANSWERED
MRS. T. CRADDOCK (Dutton-Park) sent a shoot bearing young buds of a rose and desires to know if these belong to the thornless rose referred to on this page a little time back. She states that she can pick roses from the two bushes of this variety in her garden without getting thorns in her hands. Reply: The rose is evidently the yellow-flowering variety, Mrs. Dudley Cross, a robust grower and one that has the advantage of having almost thornless stems, for although the grower states that her plant is thornless, there are at times a thorn or two on plants, as is also the case with Alexander Hill Gray, another yellow-flowering rose of similar character.
 

(8 Jun 1954)  Page(s) 16.  
 
Thornless roses
With reference to the "Thornless Rose" (2/6/'54), I would like to inform R. Craddock that I have no doubt the rose she speaks of is Alexander Hill Grey. I have had one in my garden for just on 30 years, and we gather beautiful blooms from it. It is absolutely thornless. — (Mrs.) S JOHNSON, Enoggera.
 

(4 Jun 1938)  Page(s) 21.  
 
Rose Novelties for 1938 FINE NEW AUSTRALIAN VARIETIES [...] Argosy is a seedling from Lorraine Lee, which is so popular in southern gardens. Fuchsia pink in colour it should become as popular as its pollen parent. It is healthy in growth, and, with its free blooming habit, should be an acquisition to any rose garden. 

(24 Jul 1954)  Page(s) 17.  
 
Thornless rose is rarity now.
Rose gardens at the turn of the century always displayed a plant or two of a climbing variety called Bardou Job, which was introduced in 1887 by Nabonnand. It produced in the springtime a glorious display of semi-double blackish crimson blooms with a rich perfume. It was entirely thornless, and a beautiful acquisition in its hey-day.

(31 Jul 1937)  Page(s) 19.  
 
Australian Roses [...] Contributions from Queensland. [...] Coming nearer home we have several desirable kinds raised by Queensland growers. [...]  E. J. Moller is a variety with very deep velvety-red blooms popular with many of our growers.

(1 Jun 1940)  Page(s) 6.  
 
Gardening Without Water
By S. B. WATKINS
Recommendations cover … a trio of similar roses, Francois Dubreuil, General Gallieni, and Therese Levet.
 

(31 Jul 1937)  Page(s) 19.  
 
Australian Roses [...] Contributions from Queensland. [...] Coming nearer home we have several desirable kinds raised by Queensland growers. [...] Mr. Alfred Williams, of Runcorn, was responsible for a very fine climbing variety called after Mrs. Graham Hart, the well-known authority on roses of some years back, and for Mrs. Fred Woodroffe, a strong grower with pink blooms.

(31 Jul 1937)  Page(s) 19.  
 
Australian Roses [...] Contributions from Queensland. [...] Coming nearer home we have several desirable kinds raised by Queensland growers. [...] Mr. Alfred Williams, of Runcorn, was responsible for a very fine climbing variety called after Mrs. Graham Hart, the well-known authority on roses of some years back, and for Mrs. Fred Woodroffe, a strong grower with pink blooms.