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'Our Allies' rose References
Newsletter (1994) Vol 3, No. 4. Summer. p15 Our Allies. Poly. 1915. W. J. Matthews. Queensland.
Website/Catalog (1953) Page(s) 4. ‘Our Allies’. Pink and white.
Book (1950) Page(s) 111. [.....Included in a mile of roadside plantings on the Northern approach to Brisbane on the Bruce Highway.]
Website/Catalog (1949) Page(s) 13. Polyantha Roses. Our Allies – White, suffused pale pink; A Queensland variety of great merit.
Book (1947) Page(s) 112. [.......included in a list of roses approved by the Queensland Nurserymen’s Association.]
Website/Catalog (1946) Page(s) 9. Our Allies. White, shaded pink; a grand variety.
Website/Catalog (1945) Page(s) 24. 'Our Allies'. White, suffused pale pink; a Queensland variety of great merit. Medium.
Book (1943) Page(s) 79. C. W. Heers, Roses in Queensland. I propose now to give a list of roses in order of popularity, based upon public demand as it applies to Queensland taken over the last two seasons. Polyanthas: Orange Triumph, Gloria Mundi, Jacques Carroy, Our Allies, Babe, [.... another eight are listed]
Website/Catalog (1939) Page(s) 54. Our Allies, Q. 1915. White suffused pale pink; dainty rosette-shaped flowers produced in large compact trusses which last well; free flowering. A Queensland variety of great merit.
Book (1931) Page(s) 52 and 61. p52 Editor [T. A. Stewart] Roses of Australia. 1915. Our Allies (Poly). W. J. Matthews, Queensland. Pale pink; very double; very free flowering, of dwarf habit. Very popular in Queensland. One of the best.
p61 Editor [T. A. Stewart] Roses of Australia. ‘Little Gem’. (P). Alderton and Williams, Queensland. Colour soft, fairly double, free flowering and holds well. Somewhat like ‘Our Allies’ but bunches less compact and petals more erect.
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