Banjo Paterson
Classification:
9 W-[ Poeticus ]
Season:
Spring
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
, Tasmania, Australia
Registered:
Yes, 1920
Registrant:

The Victoria Society of Australia

The Victoria Society of Australia
Seed Parent: 
Ornatus 9 W-YYR 
James Walker, England
Year Registered: 1870
Ornatus
Pollen Parent: 
Dante 9 W-YYR 
Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England
Year Registered: 1896
Ornatus x N. radiiflorus var. poetarum
Dante
Used as parent:
2 times as seed, 2 times as pollen
Origin of Name

According to the 1986 March ADS Journal in Meg Yerger’s article, Andrew Barton Paterson (Banjo, 1864-1941) was a writer for the Sydney Bulletin who, with his prose and poetry, provided racy ballads of outdoor life and achieved a place in public affection which continues to the present day from his authorship of Waltzing Matilda which one hears played several times a day on a visit to Australia and often on TV networks anywhere pictures of Australian scenes or animals are show. The term Waltzing Matilida is Australian slang for a man who has to tramp along railroad tracks to inspect them for safety. Paterson wrote the words to the song and his sister wrote the music.

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