…the record. 1916 – JCW The first Lapageria is open, and the last Azalea viscosum, I have crossed it with Lanarth azalea. 1897 – JCW I saw the first cyclamen…

…Wilson’s Fortunei, Keysii and a Viscosum all open. Primula lettonicera and Plagianthus lyalii are the two best things. 1915 – JCW The Hypericum in the Cutting is very good indeed….

…10 Rhododendron viscosum below 4-in-Hands has also seen 6 of the plants in the fullest sun succumb to the summer heat. A good clump of early daffodils on Bond Street….

…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….