(1983)  Page(s) 145.  Includes photo(s).
 
Adelaide d'Orleans (1826). A very distinctive rose in that the loosely double, creamy-pink medium-sized flowers hang down in clusters mot unlike those of a flowering cherry. The young growth is fine and easily treined. Non-recurrent. Height 5 metres.

(1983)  Page(s) 43.  
 
Agathe Incarnata (Prior to 1815) Grows to over a metre and has light green foliage and thorny young shoots. The flowers are palest pink, quartered and have a button eye. Prolific bloomer and fragrant.

(1983)  Page(s) 113.  Includes photo(s).
 
‘Agnes’ (1922) A more recent hybrid and unusual in that it is one of only two yellow rugosas ever produced. The plant grows to 2 metres and has ferny fresh-looking foliage. The flowers are double and about 75mm across. They are very fragrant and are medium-yellow, sometimes with a buff toning.

(1983)  Page(s) 43.  Includes photo(s).
 
Fragrant, nearly single flowers about 75 mm across. The colour is bright crimson upon opening and then becomes spotted with deep crimson. Prominent golden stamens and grows to over a metre.

(1983)  Page(s) 44.  Includes photo(s).
 
Anais Segales. This free-flowering variety is a deep lilac-mauve and fades to a paler tone on the edges... Attractive rounded plants to 1.5 metres.

(1983)  Page(s) 93.  Includes photo(s).
 
Annie Vibert. Typical of the family in every way. It can be a vigorous climber up to 4 metres or more, with glossy green foliage and long arching young growths. The flowers are double, medium-sized and pink on opening, then white. It is fragrant.

(1983)  Page(s) 44.  Includes photo(s).
 
Late-flowering hybrid... loose flowers about 100 mm across of blush-pink fading to paler pink to white at the edge...

(1983)  Page(s) 51.  
 
Sir Thomas Hanmer gives the first mention of the Autumn Damask in England. "'The Monthly Rose,' a very Damaske in leaves and sent, but it beares two or three moneths more in the yeare than the ordinary Damaske, and very plentifully, if it stand warme. It is called often Rosa Italica."

(1983)  Page(s) 146.  Includes photo(s).
 
'Aviateur Blériot' (1910). Another non-recurrent hybrid but very beautiful nevertheless. The buds are orange-yellow, and the flowers, when open, fade to lemon and cream. They are very double, about 75mm across and very fragrant. Foliage is dark and glossy and the plant will grow to 5 metres.

(1983)  Page(s) 137.  
 
‘Baby Faurax’ (1924). A free-flowering small-growing plant to about 45cm. the flowers are less than 25mm in size, appear in clusters and are reddish-violet with white in the centre and yellow stamens.