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I found this in the Sydney Morning Herald of 26 November 1926, page 12
"Mr. C. W. Heyde, president of the National Rose Society and a member of the council of the Horticultural Society of New South Wales, on his return to Sydney yesterday after a tour abroad, said that the interest taken in horticulture in England amazed the visitor. Mr. Heyde secured a quantity of rose species seeds from the Royal Horticultural Society's gardens, which he will use in experimental
work in rose hybridisation in Australia."
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Thanks for that HubertG. About 27 years from this notice (1926] to the introduction of his only rose (<1953) tells me that his experiments weren’t too successful.
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16 FEB 20 by
 HubertG
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Well, maybe lol, but I was wondering if his 'Captain Watkins' might have eventually come about via a line from this imported seed.
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Anything is possible HubertG. I have just had a look at my indexes to the Australian Rose Annuals and he wrote no articles there. The leaves look wich to me, but the plant is almost thornless. There are the usual tiny prickles under the leaves; the stipules have no (multiflora) hairs, but I am sure there are miniscule glands (eyesight is not what it used to be). The pedicel seems smooth, but I think there are the same tiny glands there as there is a rough feel.
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