…– 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…

…Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ – yellow form A carpet of fallen flowers under one of the Rhododendron ‘Mrs Bulters’. A carpet of fallen flowers Rhododendron ‘Tally Ho’ is tucked away unseen…

…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…

…St Blazey a fortnight since, a good lot of azaleas out. The unopened Mrs Butlers have some flowers open. R rubiginosum in full flower, the auklandii’s nearly out. R glaucum…

…I look this up it was planted in 2004 and from seed collected by Mr & Mrs Greswell from Taunton in 1998. It was collected in Milake, Danda, Nepal (these…

…at its best. Auklandii x Mrs Butler hybrids very good. Daffodils almost over. There has been a fuschia by the pantry out for well over a week. 1916 – JCW…

…calophytum is in flower and is very fine. I crossed it with Argenteum. Thomsonii x Arboreum are over, the Mrs Butler x Arboreums are at their best, some pink and…

…Pink Maddeni above big camellias very good – also large Lacteum Rho very good and Sinogrande. Daffodils largely over. Two fuschias showing flower, one Mrs Pople out. Pink magnolias over…

…Mrs Butler Rho hybrids at their best. Also Blue Tit and Yellow Hammer, reticulata past its best. Daffs nearly over. Some nice whites and poets left. Some cherries now very…

…Magnolia ‘Tranquillity’ better than I remember. Magnolia ‘Tranquillity’ Magnolia ‘Banana Split’ a bit wind battered. Magnolia ‘Banana Split’ Seamus O’Brien and his Irish friends below Rhododendron ‘Mrs. Butler’. Seamus O’Brien…

…crop of flower. Azaleas starting but not much flower bud. 1912 – JCW Auklandii have begun to wane, Mrs Butler lovely, Azaleas good, Clematis montana poor this year. Berberis stenophylla…

…Mrs Kendall who used to come to collect these each year to make her own quince jam is no longer with us. I DETEST the smell of quinces! Perhaps I…

…away with delight. Two green woodpeckers on the lawn chasing ants.A bonfire to clear a space to plant our Rhododendron ‘Mrs Butler’ layers in the autumn where a beech tree…

…be splendid but for the want of rain. R roylei nice, a few Azaleas, a few Waters rhodo’s. Van Tubergens wane. Mrs Butler a few open. R falconeri fine but…

…nearly over. Very near 1912, it is hot and dry. 1912 – JCW Now leaving for the International and Scotland, Bluebells over, Montana over, Azaleas going over, Auklandii nice. Mrs…

…best. 1906 – JCW Auklandii, fragrantissima, Mrs Butler etc going back. Viburnum, Laburnum, R roylei, R gibsoni opening. 1898 – JCW Picked some ripe G Spur and H Irving. 1897…

…chestnut opposite yard which I put in flowered for first time. Primulas good. 1917 – JCW Waterers on the wane. Occidentales in bud. Mrs J.C.W not open enough to post….

…rain very badly. 1916 – JCW Mitraria fair. R brunosis good. R Mrs J.C Williams is nice yet , and Picatee holds on, Ingersii won’t open for a fortnight, daff…

…Le Bois Marquis – Viburnum nervosum – Viburnum nudum Pink Beauty – Viburnum propinquum – Viburnum prunifolium Mrs Henry Large – Viburnum recognitum – Viburnum sieboldii Seneca – Viburnum sympodiale…

…from Auklandii G white Campbellii – 10 inches across – very round petals – nine in number (Uncle George). 1913 – JCW The first sort of Poet open and Mrs…