Newsletter  (2021)  Page(s) Winter issue, p. 18.  
 
[From "Dad and his Roses", by Mary Buck, Spring/Fall 2008, pp. 14-21]
Joseph F. Lamb – Glen Jenks, a ragtime pianist, who grows Dad’s roses, wrote Dad wanting to know if he had a rose that could be named for Joseph F. Lamb, a ragtime composer who composed “The American Beauty Rag” and who, along with Scott Joplin and James Scott, is considered to be the top three ragtime composers. With the approval of Mr. Lamb’s daughter, named for him. She sent Dad a 1905 copy of the rag.

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 277.  
 
Joseph F. Lamb Shrub, dark red, reverse lighter, 1988, 'Prairie Star' x ('Dornroschen' x 'Peace') x 'Music Maker' x ('Music Maker' x 'Topsi'); Buck, Dr. Griffith J. Description.