(1887)  Page(s) 115.  
 
Another striking new Rose, first shown in New York at Siebrecht and Wadley's Orchid Exhibition, is a hybrid Tea, as yet unnamed formally, though it will probably be called " Oakmont," after its birthplace. It is a cross between Baroness Rothschild and an old-fashioned Tea, " President," the latter being the seed-bearing plant. "Oakmont", if we may so call it, suggests Paul Neyron at first glance, both in color and in the peculiar rounded smoothness of the petals. The color is very similar to Neyron, but tinged with a silvery hue, like La France. And it is very sweet, with the real Tea fragrance, very sturdy of foliage, very durable, and in fact, may be described in superlatives generally. It certainly looks much more like a hybrid perpetual than a tea, but the perfume is unmistakable. It is a splendid keeper: the flowers on exhibition had been cut nearly a week, but were crisp and firm...

(1890)  Page(s) 178.  
 
Professor Brooks concluded with the following list of plants not previously mentioned in his excellent paper: Paeonia obovata....