Book  (Apr 1999)  Page(s) 423.  
 
Melody Hybrid Tea. Scott/A. Dickson, 1911. The author cites information from different sources... Deep saffron-yellow, with primrose border... intense saffron yellow bordered spring yellow...

Website/Catalog  (1938)  Page(s) 32.  
 
Bush Roses
Melody (Hybrid Tea) By Dicksons of Hawlmark, 1911... Pure saffron yellow. Beautifully formed. Free. A delightfully decorative Rose. Rich Tea perfumed.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 469.  
 
Melody (HT) Scott 1911 (A. Dickson); deep saffron-yellow, edges primrose-yellow, large, double, fine form, lasting, solitary or up to 4, fragrance 7/10, floriferous, continuous bloom, large buds, strong pilose stems, long branches, dark green foliage, growth 6/10, upright, bushy. Sangerhausen

Book  (1933)  
 
'Melody' (H.T.): Flower deep saffron-yellow with primrose edges, carried on erect stems, of good size, well formed, perfumed. Growth vigorous, very free. Cut. F.

Website/Catalog  (1931)  Page(s) 47.  
 
‘Melody’ (HT). Saffron yellow with primrose edge; splendid variety for standards; fragrant.

Book  (1930)  Page(s) 36.  
 
Alister Clark. Among the Roses in New Zealand.
In gardens only twelve miles from Christchurch, such as Otahuna, where the Hon. Sir R. Heaton Rhodes... lives under the hills, I found the frost had done little damage and the roses were better than I have seen them before. I made an almost daily inspection of the rose beds....I found 'Melody' 'Mrs. Dunlop Best' and 'Souv. de Stella Gray' very beautiful, although these are roses I have had to discard at "Glenara".

Book  (1929)  Page(s) 74.  
 
Mr. G. M. Taylor. The Future of the Rose as a Decorative Flower. ….while ‘Golden Ophelia’ and ‘Roselandia’ have replaced ‘Melody’.

Book  (1927)  Page(s) 115.  
 
Paul B. Sanders. Rose Varieties in Ontario. ….but ‘Golden Emblem’, ‘Christine’ and ’Melody’, while producing beautiful blooms, are too tender for us.

Website/Catalog  (1926)  Page(s) 104.  
 
Melody (1911) (Hybride de thé). Fl. jaune-safran intense bordé de jaune-primevère, gr., de belle forme, odor, pédoncule érigé. Arb. vig. et très flor. Var. de grand mérite!

Book  (1926)  Page(s) 198.  
 
S. C. Bradford. Wimbledon. ….But perhaps, the blooms most interesting to me were some of ‘Melody’. Previously I had taken very little interest in the one plant I had possessed of this variety; this year, however, it produced, among others, several flowers of quite outstanding merit. They were almost exactly the shape and size of a perfect exhibition bloom of ‘Madame Melanie Soupert’ and of a beautiful deep shining sulphur yellow colour, slightly tinged with chrome, the colour lasting as long as the flowers. I had no idea that ‘Melody’ could give such perfect Roses.