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p18. Liesbeth Cooper: As soon as I first saw "Bermuda Kathleen", I fell in love with it as I am especially fond of single and semidouble flowers. The large clusters of small, delicate, pastel-colored blooms are absolutely delightful. They open from slightly pointed buds to pale peachy-pink, then deepen in color to pink and finally to dark pink with prominent yellow stamens much like 'Mutabilis'. We in the Bermuda Rose Society suspect that "Bermuda Kathleen" is a chance seedling of 'Mutabilis'. Having originated in past president Mrs. Hilda Horsfield's garden, the rose has been grown all around Bermuda for about sixty years. It grows into an open shrub with lax canes and delicate, dark green foliage. It can be grown as a specimen plant but looks wonderful against a Bermuda limestone wall where it will easily reach 6 to 8 feet in height and 6 feet in width. Flower arrangers love to use the clusters of small light-orange hips

p39. Gregg Lowery: 'Bermuda Kathleen' Found in Bermuda in the garden of Mrs. Hilda Horsfield, circa 1956. Simple, 2-inch flowers of five petals begin cream and blush pink then deepen to rosy-lilac tinted with red. The panicles of bloom are broad; they rain over the tall, upright shrub, collapsing the branches and creating a mound of great beauty. Its discovery in the garden of Mrs. Hilda Horsfield in the 1950s on the island of Bermuda is recounted in the delightful 1997 book Roses in Bermuda. Once believed to be the Hybrid Musk rose 'Kathleen', "Bermuda Kathleeen" appears to be related to the old China rose 'Mutabilis'. It displays the color mutations so unique to that old mystery rose.

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'Bouquet Tout Fait'. Introduced in France, before 1836 by Jean Lafay. The perfectly formed flowers of 'Bouquet Tout Fait' often reach 3 inches across, full of petals of white with a cream blush. They appear in large clusters on a robust plant of 6 feet or more. In autumn this prolific bloomer delights gardeners with its massive clusters of bloom arising from new stems from the base. It is richly scented, with a musky, peppery aroma.

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[Champneys] retreated to the village of Rantowles*. By 1796 he had purchased the plantation of William Williamson, known as The Garden. Here he pursued life as a country gentleman and developed a 10-acre pleasure ground and nursery. [...]
On his departure from The Garden, Champneys sent the fruits of his plantation nursery to the newly formed Charleston Botanical Garden, operated by Philippe Noisette. By 1810 he had faded from the Charleston scene.

*Rantowles is in  Charleston County, South Carolina.

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Malcolm M. Manners. The Hampton Park Noisette Study.
"Mrs. Woods' Lavender-Pink Noisette". Bud deep pink, paling. Petals medium pink fading to pale pink, lavender in tone. 25 petals, plus 7 petaloids. Pedicels few glands. Terminal leaflet equal in size.

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Malcolm M. Manners. The Hampton Park Noisette Study.
"Fewell's Noisette". Pale pink bud. Petals blush to white. 17 petals, plus 8 petaloids.

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Malcolm M. Manners. The Hampton Park Noisette Study.
"Haynesville Pink Cluster". Bud deep pink, almost red. Petals warm blush, fading white, yellowish base. 21 petals, plus 8 petaloids. Leaves glandular. Few prickles.

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"St. Leonard". Found in Maryland, USA...... Misidentified as 'Jeanne d'Arc', this rose is still sold as such.

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Malcolm M. Manners. The Hampton Park Noisette Study.
"La Nymphe". Bud blush to flesh. Petals blush pink. 20 petals, plus 10 petaloids (can have more). Terminal leaflet equal in size. Prickles 4-5, large.

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p37. Gregg Lowery: 'Mary Washington'. Found in Virginia, USA, at Mount Vernon, George Washington's estate, circa 1891. An apocryphal story suggests that this rose was raised by George Washington and named for his mother. The plant however did not surface at Mount Vernon until the end of the nineteenth century, and Washington died five years before John Champneys introduced his 'Pink Cluster'. Regardless, it is a very beautiful example of the class, having small, very double blooms less than an inch across, which appear in large, full clusters. The plant grows upright to 5 feet and is stiffly spreading to about 4 feet. It makes a tidy and thrifty shrub that is always in bloom.
'Mary Washington (photo by Gregg Lowery).

p44. Barbara Worl: it was at Mount Vernon that I first saw 'Mary Washington'. She was covered in small pink buds that opened into loose white petals. As I admired her, I learned from a discussion taking place behind me that local gardening groups had called the rose "Martha Washington" in the 1920s, but that was eventually corrected as the rose is actually named after George Washington's mother. Later I heard a woman from Florida enthuse about the reblooming qualities of this Old Noisette, so I planted 'Mary Washington' to grow up an iron triptych against a wall in a corner of my garden. There she fills the space beautifully and reblooms with abundance.
'Mary Washington' (photo by Ruth Knopf)

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Malcolm M. Manners. The Hampton Park Noisette Study.
"Mt. Vernon Noisette". white bud. 36 petals, plus 5 petaloids. Pubescent pedicels. Few prickles.