15th March

…say five days, than in 1903. 1903 – JCW Sir Watkins, Emperor, Horsfieldii, 116, Artemis all out and Princep Mary, Albatross, Seagull, Caerhays, G Spur, H Irving, Maximus and Victoria…

10th March

Emperor. 1901 – JCW None of the above open except Dauntlep. 1898 – JCW One or two each of Sir Watkin, Emperor, Horsfieldii out also Dauntlep, one or two H…

6th March

…1903 – JCW The same as the above, but I see no Emperor but plenty of Princep Mary, Victoria, Sir Watkin etc, it is a very early year so far…

8th April

…the attached cutting. One wonders if we are really living in Putin’s Russia when such an act of philistine destruction can be mapped out by the health and safety fascists…

5th April

…today. Philotheca myoporoides Rhododendron hypoleucum – a seedling from OP12168 with dainty flowers. Formerly Ledum hypoleucum from Russia and Japan so very much a rockery plant. Rhododendron hypoleucum Seedlings of…

12th May

…open, Suavio going over and so the blood red Arboreum. No waterlilies open, one or two Arum, moved a seedling from Emperor into the Drive, not quite ripe. P recurvus…

11th March

…ditto, all G Spur, many Rho praecox, Mag halleana several, Dauntlep well out, flowers of 23, all the Italian. 1897 – JCW Some Narcissi Emperor out, CJ Backhouse, M mume,…

17th March

…nearly all the Victoria are open, picked several Reticulata.1897 – JCW One third of the flowers open on Reticulata, Ciliatums at their best, Doronicums a few out, Emperor half, [?]…

20th March

…some C J Backhouse, an old Emperor, most of the Sir Watkin, a few M Humes, two King A, a fair lot of Magnolia halleana, saw the Tregothnan Rho argeteum…

8th May

…korolkowi at their best. Primroses just over. I picked some Santa Maria and Emperor under glass. I pavonia open. 1901 – JCW A full 10 days behind the above, though…