…nice. R decorum continues to hold on. Heavy autumn gales have started. 1908 – JCW The roses in the three beds are very nice indeed. Solanum is extra good. Cyclamen…

…hydrangeas are good. 1916 – JCW Bits of flower on the following rhodo’s – about 5 mountain species, decorum, chrysanthum, venustum, flavidum and auriculatum. The solanum is good, lapageria fair….

…very good, useful lot of roses in the three beds, various daffs mainly with jonquil blood are up. Lapagerias nice, cassia stays on, solanum good, cirrhosa is coming out. 1900…

…that is about all. C sasanquas are nice. 1914 – JCW Some of the lapagerias are very good. Camellia sasanqua is good. Solanum nice. A cold east wind has come….

…to be good – the seed on Moyesii is fading away. 1915 – JCW The lapagerias are very nice. Solanum, cassia and hydrangeas are all fair. Primula helodoxa is looking…

…flowers also Conspicua. Cyclamen good. Lapagerias at their best and fuchsias. 1916 – JCW The cassia on the terrace, the hydrangeas, the cyclamen, and the lapageria and solanum are about…

…weeks late all through the year. 1914 – JCW Cyclamen, solanum, cassia, hydrangeas, roses are very good. The lapagerias coming on. R flavidum has some nice flowers open and also…

…take another week. 1916 – JCW The Romneya has 400 to 500 flowers open. There is nothing much else except Solanum. 1914 – JCW The European war began August 2nd…

…and hydrangea are going over. Some Camellia sasanqua coming out, some roses opening. Solanum is good. Some daffs are up. 1902 – JCW I saw the first C coum open….

…which are unlikely to flower much. A few daffs moving. Berberis bealei very nice. 1911 – JCW Roses remain good. Solanum, cassias and lapagerias very good. Top part of Camellia…