Website/Catalog  (17 Mar 2015)  
 
Registered Name: 'Tanema'
Synonyms: Melina®
ARS Approved Exhibition Name: Sir Harry Pilkington
HT, mr, 1973, Tantau; flowers bright rd, 4-5 in., 30 petals, high-centered, borne mostly singly, slight fragrance; recurrent ; foliage dark; growth upright (5 ft.). [Inge Horstmann × Sophia Loren]. Introductions:
Melina, Rosen Tantau, 1973

Book  (May 1992)  Page(s) 404.  
 
Sir Harry Pilkington ('Melina', Tanema) Hybrid Tea. Tantau (Germany) 1974... bright red...

Book  (1988)  Page(s) 165.  
 
sir Harry Pilkington 'Melina' (Tanema). Tantau, Germany 1974. 'Inge Horstmann' x 'Sophia Loren'. Large, shapely, bright red and very full blooms. Foliage dark. Growth bushy and upright. Continuous flowering. Slight fragrance. Bedding. Exhibition. Availability limited. 30" x 24". (75cm x 60cm)

Website/Catalog  (1982)  Page(s) 9.  Includes photo(s).
 
MELINA (SIR HARRY PILKINTON) Rouge sang lumineux velouté. Idéale par la forme et la beauté de sa fleur. Résistant a la pluie. Très florifère.

Book  (1980)  Page(s) 118.  
 
Sir Harry Pilkington (Melina). 1973. 'Inge Horstmann' x 'Sophia Loren'. Fragrant blooms of medium size, red with darker shades at petal edges. Not tall, but vigorous and healthy.

Book  (1979)  Page(s) 64.  
 
Dr. A. S. Thomas, Victoria. Some Recent Introductions.
Sir Harry Pilkington Wonderful bright crimson colouring which never blues.  Form and size excellent.  About 35 petals. Growth is a little below average.  Often the stems are thin and weak. 

Website/Catalog  (1979)  Page(s) 7.  Includes photo(s).
 
Melina

Book  (1978)  Page(s) 121.  
 
p121.  Dr. A. S. Thomas, Victoria.  Some Of The New Ones.
Among the new cultivars of the last couple of years 'Sir Harry Pilkington' is proving to be a splendid red with well-formed blooms that open slowly without blueing or fading. 

p122.  ibid 
Sir Harry Pilkington HT. (Tantau, 1973). 'Inge Horstmann' x 'Sophia Loren'. Possibly the best bright crimson rose for several years. Beautifully formed and slow to open. About 40 petals. Long stems. Fairly vigorous.

(1978)  Page(s) 4.  
 
p4-2-3 Sir Harry Pilkington

Book  (1977)  
 
p85.  Roy and Heather Rumsey, NSW.  New Roses. 
Sir Harry Pilkington (Tantau). Bright red of good form, having about 30 broad petals and making an exhibition type bloom. Good stems and mostly solitary blooms. ('Melina' in Germany.)

p140.  Dr. A. S. Thomas, Victoria.  Some New Ones. 
Sir Harry Pilkington  HT. (Tantau, 1973): I reported enthusiastically on this rose, as seen in England in 1973, in the 1974 Australian Rose Annual, under its temporary name of 'Melina'. That name has been officially cancelled. A very fine dual purpose, bright crimson rose on a fairly vigorous plant. Sir Harry, now Lord Pilkington, the English glass magnate, is a member of the Council of the R.N.R.S. and a leading exhibitor in England. Formerly this rose was named 'Tanemi', but that too was cancelled.