This is a list of the known roses of the Australian breeder Alister Clark (1864–1949). It is an attachment to the main page on Alister Clark as a rose breeder. The list of surviving roses has been compiled from Peter Cox's Australian Roses; the online list established by Help Me Find Roses for Clark, Alister; and from the Govanstones' The Women Behind the Roses. Lost roses have been compiled from a press release PDF of the Rose Society of New South Wales when reconciled to the online list established by Help Me Find Roses for Clark, Alister. 'Baxter Beauty' is the sport of an Alister Clark rose, not an Alister Clark rose itself.
In the Extant column of the table, "Yes" means extant in Australia, "Doubtful" means there exists a rose of doubtful authenticity, "Italy" &c means extant only in Italy &c, "Lost" means lost to cultivation.
NameDateTypeColourExtantPhotoAgnes Barclay1927HTYellow blend, salmon tintsDoubtfulAmy Johnson1931HTPinkYesArgosy1938HTPink blendDoubtfulAustralia Felix1919HTPinkYesBaxter Beautyby 1927Hybrid GiganteaYellowYesBilly Boiler1927HTRedYesBlack Boy1919Large flowered climberCrimsonYesBorderer1918PolyanthaSalmon-pinkYesBusybody1929HTChrome yellowYesCherub1923RamblerSalmon-pinkYesCicely Lascelles1937ClimberPink shaded salmonYesCicely O’Rorke1937ClimberDeep pinkYesCountess of Stradbroke1928ClimberDark redYesCourier1930Hybrid giganteaWhite and pinkYesCracker1920HTRed blendGermanyDaydream1925ClimberLight pinkYesDiana Allen1939HTSalmon-pinkYesDividend1931HTGolden-yellowYesDoris Downes1932Hybrid giganteaPink blendYesEdith Clark1927HTRedUSAEditor Stewart1939HTRedYesEmily Rhodes1937ClimberPinkYesFairlie Rede1937HTOrange-pinkYesFlying Colours1922Hybrid giganteaDeep pinkYesGladsome1937Hybrid multifloraPink with white centreYesGlenara1951HTDeep pinkYesGolden Vision1922Hybrid giganteaYellowYesGwen Nash1920Hybrid giganteaCyclamen pinkYesHarbinger1923Hybrid giganteaLight pinkYesHerbert Brunning1940HTBrilliant redYesJanet Morrison1936HTDeep pinkYesJessie Clark1915Hybrid giganteaLight pinkYesKitty Kininmonth1922Hybrid giganteaCarmine-pinkYesLady Huntingfield1937HTGolden yellowYesLady Mann1940HTPink blendYesLady Medallist1912HTPinkYesLady Somers1930Hybrid giganteaLight pinkYesLorraine Lee1924Hybrid giganteaPink blendYesLynda Hurst1938HTPinkItalyMab Grimwade1927HTYellow blendYesMadge Taylor1930HTCarmineYesMargaret Turnbull1931ClimberSalmon pinkYesMarjory Palmer1936PolyanthaPinkYesMary Guthrie1929PolyanthaPinkYesMary Warren1930Hybrid giganteaPinkUnknownMilkmaid1925NoisetteWhiteYesMiss Madden's climberby 2007ClimberPinkYesMrs Albert Nash1929HTDark redYesMrs Alston's rose1940PolyanthaDeep pinkYesMrs Douglas Copeland1945HTPinkUSAMrs Frank Guthrie1923HTClear pinkDoubtfulMrs Fred Danks1951HTMauveYesMrs Harold Alston1940ClimberPinkYesMrs Harold Brookes1931HTRedYesMrs Hugh Dettman1930Hybrid giganteaApricot turning salmon pinkYesMrs Murray's seedling1948HTSoft pinkYesMrs Norman Watsonby 1930ClimberDeep pinkYesMrs Oswin's gigantea1933Hybrid giganteaApricot and pinkYesMrs RC Bell1920HTCrimson scarletDoubtfulMrs Richard Turnbull1945Hybrid giganteaWhite blendYesMrs WR Groves1941HTDark redDoubtfulNancy Hayward1937Hybrid giganteaRedYesNancy Wilson1940HTSilvery pinkYesNora Cunningham1920Hybrid giganteaLight pinkYesPeggy Bell1928HTCarmine pinkDoubtfulPennant1941Hybrid giganteaPinkYesPrinceps1942Hybrid giganteaRedYesQueen of Hearts1919ClimberPinkYesRefresher1929ClimberWhiteGermanyRestless1938HTDark redYesRinglet1922ClimberPink blend with white centreYesRosy Morn1914ClimberClear pinkUSARuby King1915Wichurana ramblerCarmine red with white centreGermanyScorcher1922Hybrid giganteaDark redYesSheila Bellair1937HTSalmon-pinkYesSquatter's Dream1923Hybrid gigantea shrubGolden yellow fadingYesSuitor1940PolyanthaLight pinkYesSunday Best1924Hybrid perpetualCherry redUSASunlit1937HTApricotYesSunny South1918HTPink blendYesTonner's Fancy1928Hybrid giganteaWhite blendYesTraverser1928Hybrid giganteaDeep creamYesZara Hore-Ruthven1932HTPinkYesAG Furness1941HTRedLost Agnes Prior LostAW Jessep1945HTCerise pinkLostBeatrice McGregor1938HTDark redLostBonnie Doun1941ClimberLight pinkLostBonnie Rosette1940Hybrid moyesiiRedLostBright Boy1941HTLight pinkLostBushfire1917RamblerRedLostCécile Mann1939HTDeep redLostDon José1922HTSalmon pinkLostDoris Osborne1937HTPink-carmineLostDorothy Mollison1930HTDark redLostDr AS Thomas1945HTCrimsonLostElla Guthrie1937HTPinkLostFancy Free1922HTPink blendLostFanny Bullivant1941HTLight pinkLostFire Dragon LostGeelong1938<Hybrid giganteaLostGlaive1951HTCream, pink tippedLostGolden Drop1939HTDeep yellowLostGwendoline Collins1937HTCherry redLostHilarious1935LostJames Allan1936LostJean Renton1940HTDeep yellowLostJohn Cronin1935HTDeep pinkLostJR Byfield1941HTRedLostJoyce Fairey1929ClimberRedLostJudith Black1930HTDark redLostKeepsake1941HTDeep redLostLady Fraser1941HTDeep cherry redLostLady Fairbairn1929HTDeep pinkLostLady Miller1940HTDark redLostLady Rhodes1933HTCrimson carmineLostLoretto1922WichurianaCrimsonLostLorna Anderson1940HTMagentaLostMabel Stewart1942ClimberCrimsonLostMary Bostock1952HTLight pinkLostMarie Green1941HTRedLostMary Russell1940HTRedLostMaude Nash1942HTRedLostMavis Campbell1942HTDeep pinkLostMrs Alister Clark1915TeaCreamy yellowLostMrs EM Gibson1940HTDark redLostMrs Roy Green1940HTDark redLostMrs Frank Guthrie1923HTPinkLostMrs Phillip Russell1927HTDark redLostObvious1937 or earlierClimberUnknownLostPassport1940ClimberDark redLostPick Me Up1941HTRedLostPowder Puff1938<HTWhiteLostRed Hill1941HTRedLostRemembranceby 1948HTDeep redLostRoseate1931ClimberRedLostRoyal Visitor1928LostSentinel1934HTCeriseLostSir Arthur Streeton1940HTSoft pinkLostSophie Mackinnon1937HTDark redLostSouthern Cross1931HTPinkLostStately1930HTLight pinkLostSteadfast1939HTPink and fawnLostSweet Seventeen1923HTLight pinkLostThe Indian1939HTVery dark redLostThe Rajah1937HTRedLostValerie Purves1940HTDeep pinkLostVigilant1941HTDark redLostWar Paint1930ClimberRed and pinkLostWH Dunallan1939HTRedLost
References
Peter Cox, Australian Roses, Bloomings Books, 1999, pp. 7–18, ; Charles Quest-Ritson, Climbing Roses of the World, Timber Press, 2003, pp. 38–41, 240–2, Help Me Find Roses entry for Clark, Alister.