22nd April

…reticulata ‘Den Burton’ with its first enormous flower by Red Linney. A new one to us from France. The rare white form of Rhododendron racemosum (near Tin Garden) which needs…

18th April

…the first time. R racemosum is very good in the Drive. 1913 – JCW Gauntlett’s plant hardly shows colour. Some buds of Auklandii show colour, no recurvas quite open. Clematis…

27th September

…lutescens, R hanceanum, R dichroanthum, R websterianum, R fastigiatum, R oreotrephes, R saluense, R hippophaeoides, R scintillans, R telmatium, R impeditum, R decorum, R rupicolum, R primulicum, R racemosum, R…

26th April

…C Lemon +, arboreum + – , barbatum + – , campanulatum +, keysii +, rubiginosum +, cuneatum ( for the 1st time) +, racemosum + – , irroratum +…

26th September

…½ acres. 1916 – JCW The following rhodo’s with bits of flower open – R scintillans, 10333. fastigiatum, racemosum, flavidum, intricatum, rupicolum, decorum, ponticum, and chrysanthum hybrids nobleanum and mikado….