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    most recent 20 JUL 19  
    RoseMiss Pollock
    Initial post 17 JUL 19 by HubertG
    The 1909 reference indicates that this rose is a Polyantha, and not a Portland as is currently listed in the profile page. Also I'm not sure which name would be correct - 'Miss Pollock' or 'Miss Dorothea Pollock', but my guess would be the latter.
    Reply #1 posted 18 JUL 19 by jedmar
    Corrected the class and added the synonym. Thank you!
    Reply #2 posted 18 JUL 19 by Patricia Routley
    A wee bit of info about the family?
    From the Queensland Post Office Directory 1929-1930
    p1281. Seed Merchants, Seedsmen & Nurserymen: Pollock, Morgan & Co., Ruthven St., Toowoomba.
    Reply #3 posted 20 JUL 19 by HubertG
    Maybe.
    I did find out that a Miss Dorothea Kathleen Pollock was a school teacher in Brisbane and died 8 Nov 1921. She must have been held in some regard because a memorial plaque was unveiled at her school in 1922. From 'The Brisbane Courier' 21 Apr 1922:

    "A Memorial Tablet.
    A memorial tablet to the memory of Miss Dorothea K. Pollock will be unveiled at the Darra State School to-morrow afternoon by the Minister for Public Instruction. Friends of the late Miss Pollock are invited by advertisement to be present."

    It's very tempting to think that if this is the same Miss Pollock, and if it was known that she had a rose named after her, that her rose was planted somewhere onsite and still survives somewhere. In another clipping it is clear her parents survived her. Perhaps they preserved her rose. I don't know if any HMF enthusiasts in Brisbane could possibly check this out. Also, the fund set up in her name was still operating in 1940 and proceeds seem to be going to sick children.