…Erica codonodes and darleyense. Rho venustum is nice. Cotoneaster salicifolia is good. 1916 – JCW Much as in 1914 but it is dry now after a very wet autumn. 1914…

…above the ground. C sasanqua in flower but very few buds. A few lapagerias. Erica hybrida opening. Cotoneaster salicifolia very nice at the reservoir. Some Maddeni x nice. 1905 –…

…breaking and is now cold. Cotoneaster salicifolia begins to be good – the seed on Moyesii is fading away. 1915 – JCW The lapagerias are very nice. Solanum, cassia and…

…lot of Mag salicifolia have flowers also Conspicua. Cyclamen good. Lapagerias at their best and fuchsias. 1916 – JCW The cassia on the terrace, the hydrangeas, the cyclamen, and the…

…Blechnum cycadifolium Blechnum cycadifolium Blechnum cycadifolium Blechnum fluviatile Blechnum fluviatile Blechnum fluviatile Myrsine salicina (now renamed Rapanea salicifolia) was another novelty with dark red pendulous tubular flowers on Treseders Nursery…

…⅓ of big Mag kobus are open, all the Mag salicifolia. The Dendata has been very good. Fat cherries are opening, Subhirtella has been very good. Camellia speciosa going over…

…year and they have still to open. Magnolia ernestii Magnolia kobus ‘Pink Kobus’ now a large tree outside the front gates. Rather pinker than the pink M. salicifolia and quite…

…Kobus – soulangeana – conspicua one plant. Salicifolia shows colour. Denudata nearly all out. Madame de Graaf is open in the Drive and poets are near opening.Several Prunus incisa V.G….

…(Handwritten note in Garden Book) On April 11th I crossed the old Camellia speciosa on about 20 or 30 flowers with the pollen of Camellia salicifolia. 1932 – JCW Magnolia…

…loebneri ‘Leonard Messel’ x Magnolia salicifolia) Magnolia ‘Lucy Carlson’ Magnolia ‘Lucy Carlson’ Magnolia ‘Crystal Chalice’ Magnolia ‘Crystal Chalice’ Magnolia ‘Crystal Chalice’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Serene’ (no name as…

…– FJW As expected magnolias poor – Salicifolia, Diva, Robusta, Campbellii and molicomata in that order of success. Reticulatas skinned of leaf. No azaleas out at all. 1945 – CW…

…best. Perhaps our best weekend.1944 – CW There has been a little frost for some weeks which has left things back. Magnolia campbellii good and a big Salicifolia. Sargentiana and…