Journal des Roses gives a colored plate and a full account of this rose. It was raised in 1875 by Madame Ducher, of Lyons, and sent out in 1887. It was named for the well-known rose-lover of Kentucky. It does not flower freely when young, but this weakness disappears when it surprises everyone by the generosity with which it presents its uniquely colored flowers. Any lover of yellow roses, " could not desire a delicacy more suited to his tastes." It is a very hardy Noisette, standing the "terribly rigorous winter of 1879-80" unharmed. It was obtained by cross-fertilization. Reve d'or being its female parent.