…frost and very dry as last year. Daffodils short but more than half out. Magnolia campbellii and some mollicomata almost good. Sargentiana robusta one at its best, Kobus in 40…

…up with things while we were away.In my absence another dead tree has had to be felled in the Rookery to avoid it falling on our record Magnolia kobus var…

…40 Acres. Blood red at its best. Auklandii arboreum beginning. Still some fuschias. Very dry. 1931 – JCW Kobus is the first magnolia as in 1929. The blood red hybrids…

…tried by any other magnolia breeder. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia sargentiana Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia sargentiana Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia sargentiana Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia sargentiana Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubishimodoki’ now…

…do have names even if not a very accurate plan. Do we dig them out or not? Over the top of them are two Magnolia kobus var borealis which are…

…started again. No progress in the garden.1961 – FJW Flowers on Mag campbellii and kobus – Magnolias held back. Picked flower on Macabeanum seedling. First time this species has flowered…

…No Magnolia as in 1913 but Gordonias, some flowers of the early Kobus ½ open.1927 – JCW Heaths fairly good, Rhodo lutescens and moupinense very good. Blood Red hybrids well…

…2 dead with silverleaf. The heaths are nice, E darleyense has been very good since December. Camellia speciosa shows promise of being very nice, one bloom each on Magnolia kobus…

…kobus which was nearly dead anyway. Magnolia salicifolia Just to prove that the largest Camellia x williamsii ‘Monica Dance’ has no hint of colour at all (mentioned yesterday). Camellia x…

…wonderful. Magnolia kobus very very good. 1928 – JCW Davidsoniana, Calophytums, Augustinii and Augustinii hybrids very good. Mag alba superba is very striking though only lately planted. Camellia reticulata at…