Magazine (Sep 2023) Page(s) 53. Vol 45, No. 3.
Anne Long, Victoria State Rose Garden
My rose this season is the found rose we know as the “Harrow Cemetery Rose”. Harrow in Western Victoria, is my ancestral home. I was first made aware of this rose in May 2017, when Wal Johnson, Cheri Slipais and I drove from Melbourne to Renmark S.A. to help with the pruning and tidying of David Ruston’s garden. We worked hard, pruning and tidying many old and very overgrown climbers and ramblers. The fellowship of other like-minded gardeners was enjoyed with social gatherings when work was finished for the day. HelpMeFind lists the found rose “Harrow” as a Hybrid Perpetual with a very double deep pink bloom. It grows to about 6ft 7 inches tall or 2m. That is all I know about it. I would be delighted if anyone else has further information to share with me. Some photos would be great too! A conversation with Pat Toolan has left me further perplexed. She has three roses listed as “found” from the Harrow Cemetery. The Renmark specimen must/may be one of them.
On another road trip (yes, we do enjoy a road trip), Cheri and I, along with now Victorian Rose Society President Sandra Turner, detoured through Harrow. At the cemetery low and behold – there, situated not far from my father’s grave, is a rose. Is it the mysterious “Harrow Cemetery Rose” or something different again?
Magazine (Mar 2021) Page(s) 19. Vol 43, No. 1.
Margaret Furness: So Many Pink-and-Silvers - a brief overview of found Hybrid Perpetuals at Renmark.
Peter Ades, who grows all three, says that the “Harrow” HP (western Victoria) is the same as “Bishop’s Lodge Sydney Linton”, and they are not Paul Neyron (1869)
Website/Catalog (13 Jan 2019)
Website/Catalog (13 Jan 2019)
American Beauty. (syn. “Sydney Linton” (ror)).(hp). Huge, fully double, cupped; rose pink. Exquisite fragrance. Tall, upright growth to 2m+. Originally released in 1875 as Mme. Ferdinand Jamin.
Magazine (2014) Page(s) 50. Vol 36, No. 4.
Steve Beck. ….400mm of rain our region received in August has produced the best spring flowering I have ever seen from our roses. And Sydney Linton managed blooms of almost 170mmn after spending nearly two weeks in August sitting in 150mm of water!!
Magazine (2012) Page(s) Vol 34, No. 3. Includes photo(s).
p2. Photo caption. “Bishop’s Lodge Sydney Linton” is like ‘Paul Neyron’ on steroids. Possibilities discussed have included a climbing form of ‘Paul Neyron’ and ‘American Beauty’.
p17. Steve Beck. Big is Beautiful.
Many think the Bishop’s Lodge rose “Sydney Linton” (ROR) could be ‘American Beauty’.
Magazine (2004) Page(s) 11. Vol 26, No. 2.
Sue Zwar. We had another look around Bishop’s Lodge where we were amazed at how neatly the garden is kept – it looked nearly as good as it had been during the Rose Convention! BL Sydney Linton still had a few flowers, not as big as the spring flush but stll quite beautiful and many of the [other] roses had plenty of colourful hips, especially the Alister Clarks.
Book (2004) Page(s) 134. Includes photo(s).
"Sydney Linton". This rose was found growing at Bishop's Lodge at Hay, NSW, Australia....One feature that may be significant is that the outer petals and sepals are often fused, as seen here.
Article (misc) (29 Oct 2003)
"Bishop's Lodge Sydney Linton" named for the first Bishop of Riverina, Sydney Linton. A tall, Hybrid Perpetual style of rose with very large, strong pink, cupped and scented. Recurrent. Initially identified as 'Paul Neyron', 1869 but recent research suggests that this is a different rose.
Book (2002) Page(s) 44.
Bishop's Paul Neyron HP. medium pink. Ruston? NR [Not registered with the IRAR] - TT3 [Tasman Bay Roses Ltd. New Zealand].
[It is presumed this reference refers to "Bishop's Lodge Sydney Linton"]
Magazine (2002) Page(s) 23. Vol 24, No. 3.
David Ruston. ....Brenda Weir] would never give a rose a name unless she was absolutely sure. When a number of experts visiting Hay put the name of 'Paul Neyron' to Bishop's Lodge Sydney Linton Brenda was sure it was not. Although the flowers are similar, the habit of growth is so different. 'Sydney Linton' is a huge grower with a massive spring blooming. I consider 'Sydney Linton' the greatest of all Hybrid Perpetuals, praise indeed. When Steve Scaniello was at the garden last November, he was sure it was 'American Beauty', the first cut flower variety grown by the millions in the USA under glass to decorate the bosoms of countless debutantes. We have sent lots of photographs to him, but so far no reply. I will try to get budwood from the USA to try the two roses together.
