17th May

…one. A flower or two of Nicholsoniana. Parviflora shows colour. M brozzoni has been very good and so the various Conspiscus. Wilson’s Aperantha is flowering fairly well. 1920 – JCW…

16th May

…1954 – CW Still very dry and rain wanted. Odd flowers still on Mag veitchii, parviflora, Wilsoni, sinensis coming out. Auklandii at best also Saffron Queen and many Azaleas. A…

15th May

…bloom on Mag parviflora. The azaleas are about half open. Mag wilsoni is very good. The first flower for this year of Mag nicholsiana is open and is very fine….

10th May

…nights ago. Zealanicum hybrids, haematodes, chasmanthum, and chartophyllums are all very good. M parviflora shows but several. The Wilsonii are in flower, some very nice Azaleas about. Kingsbridge hybrids good….

31st August

…over 1800 Magnolia seed pods. Parviflora most over 9000. 5050 from No 2 and 2200 from No 1 – over 3000 Sinensis, 1500 from the big one, 5400 Wilsoni, 800…