Article (misc)  (19 Jul 2009)  
 
Miscellaneous note among Frank Leith Skinner papers - no date

Some were the first flowers I tried to improve in hardiness by breeding and at that time I had no facilities for growing roses under glass. None of the garden roses that I was able to secure in those early days would ripen their fruits out of doors so I was compelled to use Rosa rugosa and our native roses as seed parents. Betty Bland was the first worthwhile hybrid that I raised using the native Rosa blanda as seed parents and Captain Hayward as pollen plant. Capt. Hayward is one of the hardiest of the H.P. roses that we have grown at Dropmore and that probably accounts for the fact that Betty Bland is hardy throughout Western Canada.

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 49.  
 
Betty Bland Hybrid Blanda, deep rose, fading pink, center deeper, 1925, R. blanda x Hybrid Perpetual; Skinner. Description.

Book  (1981)  Page(s) 67.  
 
F.L. Skinner, Dropmore, Canada crossed R. blanda with a Hybrid Perpetual and in 1925 obtained 'Betty Bland'. It is deep pink, semi-double and the best known of its type.

Book  (1967)  Page(s) 48.  
 
Some All-Canadian Roses
by Fred Blakeney, Victoria, B.C.
Now we come to the Dean of Canadian Hybridizers in the person of Dr. Frank L. Skinner of Dropmore, Manitoba, who has been hybridizing roses and other plants for over sixty years. [...]
From then on, he has produced many worthwhile roses that withstand the Prairie winters. Probably the best known is:
"Betty Bland", a cross between the species rose "Blanda" and a Hybrid Perpetual. The flowers are double, fragrant, a deep rose pink. The canes are red when young. The rose was introduced in 1926.  

Book  (1953)  Page(s) 67.  
 
Betty Bland - 14

Article (misc)  (1953)  Page(s) 170.  
 
Betty Bland (F. L. Skinner; R. blanda x hybrid perpetual) produces 3-inch, double rose-pink flowers on a vigorous, upright plant. The blue-green foliage is disease resistant but in common with other R. blanda derivatives, it ripens and falls before frost. The winter cane color is brilliant maroon. 5' x 3'.

Website/Catalog  (1949)  
 
"BETTY BLAND - Dr. F.L. Skinner's well known hybrid of Blanda, with the same attractive red stems in winter. Not very thorny, tall and erect in growth; will attain eight feet in moist, fertile soils. Flower-bud small, but flower of fair size, double pink, with a deeper pink heart, "perfectly delicious" as it opens. Completely hardy. May suffer a little from orange-rust some years. An excellent hedge rose, except that it suckers freely. This rose is second only to Hansa in popularity throughhout the prairie provinces."
Percy Wright Catalogue - Hardy and Semi-Hardy Roses - ca 1949 p.5

Website/Catalog  (1948)  Page(s) 14.  
 
Betty Bland - A hybrid of our native Rosa blanda raised at Dropmore. Becomes a shrub to 6 feet high when established. It is covered with double pink roses during June. Its bright red branches also add to its decorative effect. Widely acclaimed and a deserving favorite. own root plants. Each $1.25"

Book  (Jan 1946)  Page(s) 32.  
 
Betty Bland.- F. L. Skinner, Dropmore, Manitoba. A seedling of R. blanda. This reaches a height of five to six feet and has attractive red stems. The double pink flowers are large and freely borne.

Book  (1940)  Page(s) 20.  
 
Betty Bland Hybrid Blanda. (Skinner, 1926.) R. blanda x Hybrid Perpetual... deep rose, fading pale pink, center deeper...