Book  (2012)  Page(s) 106.  Includes photo(s).
 
Eric Timewell. I am German. Frank Riethmuller’s Breeding:
‘Titian’ came from a batch of about 200 crosses, probably made in 1946, possibly earlier.
[Note 10. The horse ‘Titian’ was racing in Sydney 1949-1950, so its rose namesake was probably bred three or four years earlier. The number 200 is quoted in Dave Barnes “Gold Medal for Titian Rose,” Your Garden, January 1959, p21.]
Like other amateur hybridists, Reithmuller kept no record of the parents and their matings. But that doesn’t imply the breeding stock was chosen at random. You only need a dozen roses to generate 200 seedlings. It is highly likely that Riethmuller’s dozen were German roses, particularly roses by Kordes easily available at the time. We should look especially to Kordes roses Riethmuller is known to have owned and bred from. Riethmuller intended (among other things) to breed a floribunda. That is why he registered ‘Titian’ as a floribunda before others had a chance to tell him it grew better as a climber…….

p107. ibid. Caption to photos. ‘Titian’ 1955 below and two of its possible parents, both by Wilhelm Kordes II: ‘Crimson Glory’ 1935 and ‘Eutin’ 1940, reaching Australia in 1947.

Magazine  (2012)  Page(s) 39. Vol 34, No. 2.  
 
Eric Timewell. Frank Riethmuller’s Niece Elsie. ….when in 1958 he was too ill to accept the [NSW Rose] Society’s gold medal for ‘Titian’, Elsie accepted in his stead…..she thought ‘Titian’ for instance, of low value as an exhibition rose. She became one of the Society’s most experienced exhibitors and judges.

Book  (31 Jan 2010)  
 
‘Titian’. F, dp, 1950, Riethmuller; flowers dusky cerise pink, large, dbl., rounded, then flat, borne in clusters, slight fragrance; recurrent; vigorous, tall growth

Book  (2006)  Page(s) 132.  
 
Kelvin Trimper. Reaching Lofty Heights. Tall Pillars (Over 3 metres) Climbing Titian. Cl. F 1964.

Book  (2004)  Page(s) 137.  Includes photo(s).
 
‘Titian’. Floribunda. Bred by Riethmuller in Australia and introduced in 1950, this rose is also popular in Europe where it is distributed by Kordes. Shapely, sweetly fragrant flowers of deep carmine pink are borne repeatedly on a vigorous, upright shrub with arching canes. In warm climates it can be grown as a pillar rose. Foliage is mid-green and matt. Flower production is excellent, particularly in late autumn. (parentage unknown). Zones 6-9.

Newsletter  (2004)  Page(s) 18. Vol 13, No. 1.  
 
Ross Heathcote. In the debate on whether sports should be able to be considered as “Australian” roses surely the definitive case is ‘Titian’. ‘Titian’, raised by Reithmuller in 1950, is an excellent Australian bred rose. However the climbing sport was first discovered by Kordes, and registered by him in 1954. The definitive question requiring an answer is
“Whether ‘Clg. Titian’ is an Australian bred rose or a German bred rose?”
If you can truly say “German bred” then you have a case to claim sports discovered in Australia as “Australian bred”. If on the other hand you want to claim ‘Clg. Titian’ as Australian then you have lost the argument. I know that some say that this is a poor example as ‘Titian’ is rather a monster grower and is almost a climber anyway, but none-the-less the fact remains that ‘Clg. Titian’ is registered to Kordes.

Book  (2003)  Page(s) 399.  
 
Titian ....Frank Riethmuller(1885-1966) was a German immigrant who lived at Turramurra in Queensland.

Magazine  (2001)  Page(s) 23. Vol 23, No. 2.  
 
Patricia Davidson, Darling Downs. Lastly but certainly not least is the lovely Titian, cerise pink with its beautiful perfume. It is the only one of Reithmuller’s roses I’ve had difficulty striking from cuttings.

Book  (2000)  Page(s) 80.  
 
Ms. Patsy Durack. WA. Titian – Really lights a garden up with superb large blooms. There is something very summery about this bush, the colour of the blooms being a deep bright pink with the foliage being a deep grass green which compliments the blooms beautifully. Due to its dazzling qualities the blooms look superb floating in a fountain in the garden, or floating in a bowl on the table.
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Website/Catalog  (2000)  Page(s) 16.  Includes photo(s).
 
Titian. Floribunda Pillar. 1950 Australia. Semi-climbing, post, arch, wall, very double, fragrant, large flowers, cut flowers, recurrent. 3.0m x 2.0m. dark pink.