…gift from my father in 1962 to Evelyn’s father, Viscount Falmouth. 1970 – FJW 1207 round the garden. 1960 – FJW Mrs Stirling and her falcon came around the garden….

…Mrs Butler x going back. Auklandii just starting. R fargesii over. 1907 – JCW Not quite all of the De Graaf are open, but this is about our best day…

…Show. Most daffs are over, Marvel are good, a few Frian left. Saw the first of my big crop for making Mrs JCW rhodo come into flower, it was sown…

…with trophy.The best in show hybrid rhodo truss plus trophy – Jaimie’s (Mrs Lionel de Rothschild). The RHS will not let you take the cups home so you are left…

…Blood Red and hybrid, Lutescens, Barbatum and one or two Mrs Butler hybrids. Perhaps 20 different daffodils. 1933 – JCW Camellia speciosa at Gun Room door has about 300 flowers…

…– FJW Very heavy rain. 1979 – FJW David John Williams took first wicket for Gorran – he also caught (1) and scored (0). 1964 – FJW Mr and Mrs…

…picked a good deal of rhodo and azalea seed but some is not ripe yet such as Mrs J.C. Williams and Azalea viscosum, just the worst weeks for rhodo flowers….

…NOT flicking the pages of Country Life in bed with Mrs W for a ‘longish’ morning! ‘Fight to win’ perhaps but I just wish for a week with no staff…

…unmoved. Erica arborea in flower.1900 – JCW Many Stylosa alba open. 80 lapageria on one plant. Coum one third open. Erica arborea in flower. Picked a good Mrs W.J Grant….

…showing yellow. 1933 – JCW Things looking well, Forrests Camellias are very good, Rho’s much as in 1930. 1930 – JCW Mrs D H Philson and Barbatum very good, Lutescens…

…to the beach for spring sexual encounters. Hence I am not in the shit with Mrs W. 2017 – CHW The huge Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ beyond the greenhouse is out…

…seedling. Queen of Spain open, double peaches in the drive, and the scarlet crabs. 1897 – JCW F Wilson out, Mrs Vincent, half the de Graafs. Scarlet tulips and Reticulata…

…(Retic seedlings) 6. Crassum and Bo Peep nearly blown out of ground. 7. Slip Rail Insignis + Oak (this happened in March) knocked down Mrs Butler and shaved white Campbellii….

…Mrs Butlers and Blood Reds good, some Crossbill well out. Golden Oriole coming out and a lot of others. Auklandii x Blood Red showing colour. We have been marketing Pieris…

…hybrids have passed their best. Mrs Butler x coming on and a few Auk x Blood Red. Erica darleyense remains fine and so the other heaths, Argenteums have been splendid.1907…

…barbatum going over, also some Thomsonii x Arboreum hybrids. Mrs Butler x Arboreums are very good. Daffs have been much knocked about, show is in four days time. Many Reticulatas…

…Rail is, as usual, full of fruit which will turn yellow when ripe. Old Mrs Kendall from Rescassa who sadly died last year used to come and collect them in…

…de Graaf and many poets open, an odd cherry flower open, Thomsonii x has waned, Mrs Butlers have begun to wane, R fargesii shows colour, several reticulata blooms open but…

…hybrids are very good. Mrs Butler x coming along, double C reticulata all open. A good few daff seedlings open. 1908 – JCW P M most of them have had…

…last night hit the Thomsoni hybrids hard, Mrs Butler hybrids just coming on. Princep Mary not open, not much colour yet. 1911 – JCW We are far from Princep Mary…