4th December

…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 – JCW No…

22nd March

Salicifolia above Camellias fully out. Camellia hybrids very good also Reticulata species and Lady Clare. Rhodo sutchuenense hybrids and reds at their best, red Auklandii coming. Lutescens very good. Most…

16th December

…rhodo’n. A very harsh wind, next to no frost. 1926 – JCW Hardish frost last night. Cam sasanqua holds yet. Cotoneaster salicifolia is very good indeed but requires a sunny…

14th December

…particular. 1922 – JCW Erica darleyense, Berberis polyantha, Cotoneaster salicifolia are the best things and a nice lot of flower on one. R cyanocarpum and one Maddeni x Roylei, this…

13th December

…darleyense. Cotoneaster salicifolia and Berberis polyantha are the best things. It began to go back on Jan 17th. 1898 – JCW Narcissi ‘Lillywhite’ out in flower, several Iris stylosa alba…

12th December

…– JCW Erica hybrida is opening, some Magnolia delavayi bud show white and Eucryphia pinnatifolia has been put out for autumn colour only. 1923 – JCW Cotoneaster salicifolia is first,…

11th December

…for 3 weeks. A few Sasanquas have flowers and now some Rho lutescens. Cotoneaster salicifolia has a fine lot of fruit. Erica hybrida in bud and quite nice. 1911 –…

10th December

…and wet. Big Mag sinensis has died, it was 36 yards round. Dead almost to roots. 1926 – JCW We are later than the 1918 year. Cotoneaster salicifolia and Camellia…

5th December

salicifolia is good. A few roses. 1925 – JCW The east wind has gone for the first time, some lapagerias left but the pond was frozen over. I picked some…

3rd June

…Rapanea salicifolia) was another novelty with dark red pendulous tubular flowers on Treseders Nursery display. Greenhouse only I suspect. Myrsine salicina Myrsine salicina Polygonatum mengtzense f. tonkinensis on the Crug…