Website/Catalog  (2012)  
 
Website

Edith Clark, HT, mr, 1928, [Mme Abel Chatenay × seedling], Clark, A.; flowers fiery red, dbl., globular, slight fragrance; foliage rich green; dwarf growth

Book  (2010)  Page(s) 64 68.  Includes photo(s).
 
p64 On 9 July 1948 Alister Clark and his wife Edie….

p68 Photo. This unknown rose, perhaps better fitting the description of ‘Edith Clark’, was recently discovered by the authors among a group of Clark roses planted in the late 1950s.

Website/Catalog  (2003)  Page(s) 32.  
 
‘Edith Clark’ Hybrid Tea. Pink blend. Clark, A. 1943

Book  (1999)  Page(s) 11.  Includes photo(s).
 
‘Edith Clark’ – 1928. Unknown Breeding. Large Flowered Bush rose. Double, slightly fragrant, red repeat flowers. Dark green, smooth foliage. Flower: 40 petals, 90mm singly. Bush 1m x 1m.

Book  (1999)  Page(s) 217.  Includes photo(s).
 
‘Edith Clark’. Modern, large-flowered hybrid tea, medium red. Repeat-flowering. Named after the breeder’s wife and one of the few of Alister Clark’s Large-flowered Roses that is a dwarf grower in habit, this variety has double, globular, crimson red flowers that are slightly fragrant and are produced continuously. It has rich green foliage. Zones 5-9. Clark, Australia, 1928. ‘Mme. Abel Chatenay’ x seedling.

Book  (1999)  Page(s) 30.  
 
'Edith Clark'. Clark, Australia. 1928. Shrub. Red. [available from] Golden Vale, Hedgerow.

Book  (1997)  Includes photo(s).
 
p215 Alister had a friend at Kyneton, another daffodil breeder, Hugh Dettman. Both he and Dr. Groves at Kyneton “tried out” roses for Alister to determine whether they should be released. In a letter of Alister’s I found reference to the fact that .... and ‘Edith Clark’ were doing well in Dettman’s garden. Hugh Dettman is long dead. So I rang his daughter and obtained permission to visit his one-time garden. The house had been let ever since his death..... I took cuttings from nine or ten of the better-looking rose bushes – those which did not look terminally ill – but I did not hold any great hopes of them. I knew that ‘Edith Clark’ had been here, but the only description of her was “double fiery red”. Many, many roses, would fit this inadequate description. It would be impossible to identify her without some more circumstantial evidence.

p226 Photo ‘Edith Clark’.

p250. Since the publication of A Hillside of Roses interest in Alister Clark’s roses has grown. Many gardeners have joined in the search and many have come forward with roses which are believed to be of his breeding. But evidence is minimal. Descriptions are scanty and he left so few records that any new discoveries must be treated with caution. It is tempting to believe for instance that the red rose planted in the garden at Graiglee by Jessie Clark, Alister’s niece, must be the same red rose he named for his wife Edith Clark. But we have no real justification for this assumption. Jessie planted many roses at Craiglee. Most of them have not survived. Certainly this rather undistinguished little red rose does not conflict with the description we have of ‘Edith Clark’ but there are many other roses which would fit it just as well.

p254. ‘Edith Clark’ - 1928. ‘Madame Abel Chatenay’ x unknown seedling. A red rose fitting the inadequate description of ‘Edith Clark’ (named after Alister’s wife) came to us from Craiglee, near Bulla. It was planted by Jessie Clark (Alister’s niece), when she went to live there after her marriage to William Johnston. There is no real proof of identity.

Book  (1996)  Page(s) 44.  
 
‘Edith Clark’ Clark, Australia 1928. Shrub. Red. [available from] Bleak, Golden Vale, Hedgerow, John’s World. Mistydown.

Book  (1994)  Page(s) 122.  
 
Edith Clark Clark 1928. 'Madame Abel Chatenay' x unknown seedling... named after Alister's wife

Magazine  (1979)  Page(s) 5. Vol 1, No. 3.  
 
‘Edith Clark’ – 1928. Intro. Hackett. Double, globular, slightly fragrant HT. Fiery red, foliage rich green, dwarf. Mme. Abel Chantenay x ?