…beds are very nice. White everlasting peas good. R magnifica fair, it is very dry. Gros au Felity very nice and so the Romneya. The Tin Garden work has finished….

…wall. Rho didymum very good in places. Romneya at its best. There has been a lot of rain since early June and shrubs have grown well. 1909 – JCW Buddleias…

…late ones are nice. Bulbs not yet shifted, no labour. No Auriculatums yet. 1916 – JCW The Romneya at its top best say 200 flowers. 1907 – JCW Buddleia variabilis…

…– JCW Plagianthus lyalii is just opening, R brunonis is good. Escallonia pteroclaydon is fair. L giganteums are going over. The Romneya is coming on. 1918 – JCW Plagianthus lyalii…

…Discolor x Auriculatum are very good, Rosa Brunonis and American Pillar are very and so is the Romneya. One or two Eriogynum have flowers now. Mag delavayi a lot of…

…is becoming very serious. Rhodo’s worst off. 1918 – JCW Buddleias fair, Romneyas too. also R ungernii. Daff moving in arrears from want of labour and too much rain. Plagianthus…

…very nice. Fortuneis over. Cyclamen have started. Romneya nice. 1915 – JCW Plagianthus lyalii is at its very best though we used it at the Route March lunch 13 days…

…JCW Only a few Decorum x open, Plagianthus over. We lately had some nice Ungernii x Auriculatum open. Romneyas wet but fair. 1924 – JCW Plagianthus very good. Buddleias good….

…long very hot dry spell. 1925 – JCW Daff seed has been gathered for some time, the Romneya, Buddleia, Plagianthus and D Ivey Escallonia are the best things for the…

…bramble in the Drive Azalea – avoided like the plague by us all for decades. 1921 – JCW Perhaps there are 500 flowers on the Romneya coulteri. There is not…

…May. 1922 – JCW Only a few flowers open. No Auriculatums moving. American Pillars are good. No Buddleia. 1921 – JCW Romneya coulteri at its best say 600 flowers?! 1920…

…of good Dichroanthum are giving bits of flower. R Brunonis is very good, also American Pillar and L giganteums – Romneya nice. 1897 – JCW Desfontainea’s at their best. I…

…Maddeni’s, Eriogynums, Brachycarpum and late pink Azalea. 1926 – JCW Fortunei Wilson discolor mayerianum would be nice but for the sun and so cross am – maddeni. Papa Goultier, Romneya…

…densiflora from California. Some to P.D of both agrifolia. 1918 – JCW C sasanqua is very good indeed. 1897 – JCW A Camellia has several flowers open, Romneya coulteri has…