(5 Oct 1918)  Page(s) 56.  
 
At last week’s meeting of the National Rose Society of Victoria, Mr. Alister Clark, of Glenara, Bulla, staged a collection of eight named varieties and blooms of nine new seedlings of the gigantea type, including the ‘Black Boy’ of a very dark red color.

(18 Nov 1876)  Page(s) 7.  
 
Garden Calendar
Of pure white roses there are not a large number to select from, nor do they grow to such a size as the Hybrid Perpetuals do. The largest, and probably the best of all for show purposes is Maria Nova, nice blooms of which occupied prominent places in those stands that secured prizes at the late shows. Mademoiselle Bonnaire is an older rose, and when well grown is one of the best. But it rarely does well, the wood being generally weak and short. Boule de Neige is a free-flowering rose, the blooms of which, though small, are very neat and double, and it is a great favourite, generally doing well; a very good sort to grow for cut flowers. Madame Alfred de Bougemont, though not exactly a pure white, has so faint a tinge of flesh, that it might almost be considered a white, is another desirable rose to grow, both for ornamental purposes, and as a source from which to obtain cut blooms. Several newer varieties may also be had from the nurserymen.