Book  (1940)  Page(s) 80.  
 
Yawa. (N.E. Hansen, 1940) A sister to Pax Iola (Anci Böhm [a red multiflora from Czecho-Slovakia] x Rosa blanda pollen from Bemidji, Minn.) (Yawa is the Sioux Indian word for "esteem." Not a Pax rose, as the main stem is thorny, especially near the base; but all the side shoots are smooth or nearly so. A tall, wide-spreading, open habit pillar rose, to nine feet. A very free bloomer in June and early July. Fragrant flowers of delightful light coral-pink, quite double (58 petals) 2 inches across, in clusters from 4 to 12, on the side shoots, with 8 to 12 inch stems. A good rose for corsages or small bouquets. Apparently no seed-hips are formed, indicating that in such combinations the Pax of thornless character much be obtained in the first cross. Perhaps the pollen will be useful.