…you may well miss the best of them. The Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ outside the Georgian Hall has more flowers than usual but they have been blown open prematurely and are a…

…already shed. Carpinus rankanensis Carpinus kawakamii proving it is an evergreen tree here. Carpinus kawakamii A good clump of Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ in Rogers Quarry showing up well today. Camellia…

…Mucronulatum is poor and is late. Erica darleyense late though I saw a flower in October. Berberis polyantha is the best thing. Rho venustum in vases in the hall. 1923…

…on it this year on the bank opposite the Georgian Hall. Only the third time it has flowered since planting in 1955 but the soil is poor and its positioning…

…onto the lawn which Jaimie and Michael have just installed. This will allow guests to move from the main hall onto the lawn and for Lizzie to enjoy sitting in…

…and cold. 1928 – JCW E darleyense ⅓ open Camellia speciosa, H mollis – R mucronulatum, R parvifolium, R moupinense all nice, Lutescens in the hall, several good hybrids open….

…Nursery bed. A better colour than the seedling Lanarth above Crinodendron Hedge but identical to the one on the bank outside the Georgian Hall whose buds still look tight which…

…Coltman-Rogers of Stanage Park sends me this late 1970’s picture of my father on a visit there. CV 7500 on the Rolls Royce was inherited from P.M. Williams of Burncoose….

…few Jonquil ???, many P M de G, also out Siren, Torch, Incognita, Homespun, 336, M P, Cardinal, Moonbeam etc etc, go to the Drill Hall. 1902 – JCW All…

…plant of Magnolia mollicomata ‘Lanarth’ full open but with only five flowers on the bank opposite Georgian Hall. This slow growing and stunted plant is exactly as it should be…