18th March

…should be evergreen but which has lost its leaves in the wind. Photinia macrophylla Roy with what I thought was a Gardenia. He says it’s a Photinia! Roy with what…

23rd March

…showing flowers after the frost. 1922 – JCW Hard frost which cuts the bloom but is a dry frost, the gardenia stood a night of it, a very cold wind….

4th January 1897- 2020

…had nice Gardenia flowers up to 7 inches across. R venustum has supplied house flowers for two months. 1930 – JCW Mucronulatum is very good, Camellia speciosa is opening in…

8th March 1897 – 2020

…1899 – JCW First Horsfieldii and M Hume opening, picked flower of Halleana (stellata). (Handwritten note attached to Garden Book page) Evergreens for the Dinner March 1929 Gardenia axillaris Hastia…