27th March

…King A. 1904 – JCW Picked a Cam reticulata well out, only half King A open. 1901 – JCW Jacko shows colour and Cardinal is picked, two flowers hardly open….

27th December

…best thing we have and Rho mucronulatum next. Some Caucasicums Lutescens etc but no real show of them. The Cardinal willow is very nice,the camellia by the castle as usual….

23rd November

…Arboreums above Orchid House trying to come out. Enkianthus colour excellent. Fear few magnolias to flower in spring. 1926 – JCW The Cardinal willow in the sun is very good…