…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 at…

…maximus just breaking spathe – one Cam reticulata open. Rho praecox half open. 1904 – JCW Dauntlep open but nothing else in the way of Sir W, Horsfieldii or Emperor….

…– 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 and…

…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…

…Mume 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…

…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, [?]…

…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…

…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…

…began to go back on Jan 17th. 1898 – JCW Narcissi ‘Lillywhite’ out in flower, several Iris stylosa alba seedlings in the pans well on the move, Emperor breaking soil….

…Sirius hybrids, several Emperor, many Horsfieldii, the first D Yorke, King Alfred half, G Bell half, Dante a few. 1898 – JCW Some (Narcissi) G Mundi’s out, Torch open (one),…