Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 379.  
 
Milky Way Rambler, flowers pure white, tips lightly tinged pink, stamens yellow [w], 1900, Walsh. RULED EXTINCT 9/86

Book  (1943)  
 
p23 R. Marion Hatton. The Walsh Ramblers. 'Milky Way' is a distinct and desirable single white.

p24. Ibid. 'Milky Way' (1900.) Single to semi-double; white, sometimes tipped pink.

Book  (1939)  Page(s) 27.  
 
Editor's footnote:  The Senior Editor, who loves hardy climbers, wonders why Mr. O'Neal does not mention the Walsh climbers - all truly hardy; mostly single, and of delightful forms as well of great vigour.  Seemingly they are almost "out", though excelling most of the newcomers in sheer beauty.  At Breeze Hill we are establishing a long hedge-fence of Walsh beauties, in his memory, including Paradise, Evangeline, Hiawatha, Milky Way, Wedding Bells, Excelsa, Troubadour, Sweetheart, Minnehaha, and others. Notice the pleasant names!

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 479.  
 
Milky Way (hybrid wichurana) Walsh 1900; milk-white to pure white, petal tips shaded light pink, yellow stamens, large, single to semi-double, large clusters, floriferous,, growth 7/10, climbing. Improved R. wichurana.

Article (misc)  (1935)  Page(s) 111.  
 
Milky Way white flowers tinged with pink

Magazine  (Jun 1929)  Page(s) 67.  
 
Milhy Way (Walsh, 1909), semi-double ou simple, blanc pur.

Website/Catalog  (1929)  Page(s) 53.  
 
Hardy Climbing Roses
Milky Way. Hybrid Wichuraiana. (M. H. Walsh, 1900.) Pure, waxy white, single flowers, clustered in overwhelming abundance upon a very vigorous plant.
Late. One of the very best of the cluster-blooming, single, small-flowering type. One of a group of four lovely single-flowering climbers originated by M. H. Walsh. The others are Hiawatha, Evangeline, and Paradise, all very different in color, exceedingly graceful, late flowering, and very floriferous. As the tendency is moving away from the small-flowered ramblers toward the large-flowered hardy climbers, these four very choice things are particularly to be cherished.

Website/Catalog  (1913)  Page(s) 125.  
 
Older proven ramblers...
Milky Way (Wich.). The very long pure white blooms are mostly single, now and then also semi-double; floriferous.

Book  (1913)  Page(s) 100.  
 
Wichuraiana Ramblers. By Dr. A. H. Williams, Vice-President N.R.S.
The wichuraiana Ramblers fall naturally into two well defined groups:
II. The Late, composed of those whose main flowering season lies in the month of July. They mostly have a strain of multiflora in their parentage. The trusses are usually very large, consisting often of an immense number of small flowers, which may be either singles or double rosettes.
Late Flowering Single Varieties.
Milky-way.—Resembles the type in colour, but the flowers are much larger.

Magazine  (22 Jul 1911)  Page(s) 350.  
 
The Parentage of Roses.
The following list of the world's Roses and their parentage has been compiled by Mr. Robert Daniel, 38 Russell Road. Fishponds, Bristol, and by his kind permission we are enabled to publish it...
Milky Way... Hybrid Wichuraiana, Walsh, 1908, Seedling R. wichuraiana