…rain very badly. 1916 – JCW Mitraria fair. R brunosis good. R Mrs J.C Williams is nice yet , and Picatee holds on, Ingersii won’t open for a fortnight, daff…

…Escallonia langleyense good. Mitraria fair. R moyesii goes back. 1901 – JCW Returned after a months absence much as on the other side, only later, a fair lot of roses…

…the ground is not really dry the air is empty of moisture. 1916 – JCW No Romneya out. No R ingersii open. R fortunei Wilson wanes, P poissonii good. Mitraria…

…their pans. Plagianthus lyalii did half the D and L’s. Yesterday, not really open. Buddleias have hardly opened. R r remains poor, too damp. Mitraria fair. Very little in the…

…heat ruins them. 1923 – JCW R coulteri has had a few flowers only. Brunonis and Mitraria are nice. The Plagianthus are but just opening. 1919 – JCW R coulteri…

…JCW Returned from Scotland, R brunonis very fine. Mitraria nice. No cyclamen. No buddleia’s. R decorum flower buds not moving yet. R cinnabarinum good and shaping. 1897 – JCW Anemone…

…Decorum, Falconeri is just over, it is very late for some things. 1910 – JCW L giganteum nearly over. Brunonis over, R coulteri fair. Mitraria good. R cinnabarinum going back….

…for 5 weeks. 1911 – JCW Buddleia var Veitchii and Magnifica at about their best. Very very dry, several things dead. 1909 – JCW Buddleia variabilis shows colour. Mitraria fair….

…far. No Auriculatum is really moving yet. 1911 – JCW A good few cyclamen are up. Buddleias are going back. Mitraria suffered badly in the long spell of dry weather,…

…Much as above. Plagianthus begins to go yellow in the leaf, flowers good yet. 1910 – JCW The buddleias are just starting. Mitraria are good. Ferns by the mitrarias good….

…glauca The holly-like Griselinia jodinifolia which I have only seen before at Tregrehan. Griselinia jodinifolia Griselinia jodinifolia Nothofagus pumilio. Nothofagus pumilio I have never seen Mitraria coccinea growing as large…