…JCW Much as in 1931 and 1932. 1931 – JCW Eriogonums and Griersonianum are excellent. Fuschias opening. American Pillar good. Maddeni flowers very fine. Styrax japonica just open. No Auriculatums…

…sight. 1955 – CW It has been very hot and dry for 3 weeks. Double pink Camellias by lodge both still have flowers also Kimberley. Still some Griersonianum, Phis and…

…opening. Harrow hybrids wane. Plagianthus ½ open. Styrax hybrid promises to be good now. Griersonianum not over yet. Papa Goultier good. 1905 – JCW Returned from a month in Scotland….

…3 weeks after a long dry spell. 1927 – JCW Only a few Giganteum but they are good. Late rhodo’s remain. Late Plagianthus are hardly open. Griersonianum nice yet and…

…every 3 or 4 days. Picked flower of Camellia 1. Konron Jura 2. Hawaii 1925 – JCW Griersonianum and maddeni hybrid (late one) are the best rhodo’s but a number…

…Harrow hybrids fair, also Eriogynum and Griersonianum. Rosa brunonis is the best thing with the American Pillar. 1898 – JCW Many of the daffodils have their foliage yet. 1897 –…

…flowers. 1929 – JCW Came back from the North, Griersonianum, Eriogynum, Harrows x all very good, Mag parviflora has many flowers, M delavayi none open, the smaller Hypoleuca is good…

…cup on Saturday hidden away is a good clump of Rhododendron oreotrephes and, nearby, Rhododendron ‘May Day’ (griersonianum x haematodes) which was one of only a very few of my…

…is not open yet. The late Obtusums near the Top Lodge are in flower. 1924 – JCW R griersonianum, R maddeni, Harrow hybrids are all good. Styrax hemsleyanus comes on…

…rhod – auritum, discolor, falconeri, argyrophyllum, macrostemon, decorum x by Diva, souliei x campylocarpum, lepidostylum, megacalyx, oreotrephes, Harrows hybrid and CW’s Harrows hybrids x, eriogynum, griersonianum, weyrichii, orbiculare, Tally Ho…

…of 2 weeks duration. Newly planted stuff showing signs of thirst. 1949 – CW Cornwall County Garden Produce Assoc, some hundreds say 400 went round. Orbiculari, Griersonianum all good also…

…seen – very dreary and gloomy. 1928 – JCW I came from Scotland, some trees and shrubs are doing very well, the Eriogynums and Griersonianums are good, the late Maddeni…

…Most azaleas over. 1959 – FJW Sent the following for Royal Box at R.C. Show – Tally Ho, Griersonianum, Mich. Doltsopa, Stewartia, pink Escallonia, pink Decorum, Souliei hybrids, macrostemum and…

…Group. This lot look like ‘Fabia Waterer’ (dichroanthum x griersonianum). Rhododendron ‘Fabia’ Enkianthus campanulatus var palibini Even more younger Enkianthus have produced late flowers: Enkianthus campanulatus var palibini – this…

…tree had fallen into some Rhododendron nobleanum. Past experience suggests they will reshoot vigorously. Rhododendron nobleanum Rhododendron ‘Treberrick’ looking very fine above Orchid House Nursery. Rhododendron ‘Moses Maroon’ x griersonianum…

…and Auklandii. Griersonianum only in past open. Wilsons 1764 of 1903 is really nice say x x x ¾. I have seen a flower before but never realised its value….

…My grandfather (A M Williams) bred this griersonianum cross called Rhododendron ‘May Day’. It was out on time! So heavy are its flowers that these shrubs are half collapsed. Rhododendron…

…must look up the parentage or ask Jaimie. A Rhododendron griersonianum hybrid by the look of the leaf indumentum. Dad’s last (dark red) rhododendron hybrid First flower on Rhododendron loderi…

…a few flowers. Magnolia delavayi and both grandiflora good. 1948 – CW Lapageria has been out a day, Eucryphia pinnatifolia going over. Nymansii good. All the pink Griersonianum and Eriogynum…