I am reading Roses in the Little Garden, G.A.Stevens, ed., Mrs. Francis King, 1926: Magna Charta, 1876, “ a lovely, lovely old rose, for which I have the greatest admiration and respect. I know none better in tender deep-pink color, or surpassing it in fragrance. It is one of the very best and most desirable of all roses. I have never seen it in bloom in autumn.” Quite an endorsement, but seems not as popular today. Author appears to have lived in northern Ohio.

I bought Seaside Swirl on sale in October in a 5 gal pot. We were just coming out of one of the worst droughts ever. I have never planted a rose in October in my z6 Pennsylvania garden. But I got it in the ground, fill sun. Just picked its first blooms on 5/15/25 after 3 days of rain(4”). The bush is covered in buds that are beginning to open. Will try to take a photo once it stops raining. Very nice scent. Looks like a wild rugosa.

Rev Douglas Seidel mentions a “Purple Boursault” growing next to a stone pillar near an old barn in Pa., discovered when he was a child when he started rose hunting. He lived outside of Easton, Pa. This was mentioned in a piece he wrote for Heritage Roses, vol.XXV, no. 4, 2000, Still The Thrill Of The Hunt. He mentions quite a few old roses in this article.