…Rookery Cherries next, R alpanicum is nice and the Oarbiculare are very good indeed. 1911 – JCW Bardon just open some, Clematis m rubra half open, ⅔ of the cushion…

…it. Clematis montana rubra is good. Tubergans Iris have 40 to 50 blooms. Maples are good, some roses open, a few very late daffs to open yet. 1900 – JCW…

…Calendulaceum is about opening. 1910 – JCW Just as in 1908. Viburnum just starting – C montana rubra gone. Maples over ripe. P pulverulenta very good, R gibsoni open. 1908…

…on the turn, C montana rubra going, Roylei very good, sweet scented azaleas are nice. 1907 – JCW Auklandii’s going back fast. Mrs Butler opening. R roylei is very good….

…1911 – JCW A few daffs to come. Montana rubra ⅓ open. Indian Arboreums at their best. Auklandii’s a few open. Sir C Lemon going over. Big recurvas poet at…

…montana rubra is nice. Broughtonii hybrids at their best and so R fargesii. 1911 – JCW A lot of hot sun and dry cold wind, daffs are going back and…

…‘Pink Flamingo’ Magnolia ‘Pink Flamingo’ Magnolia ‘Pink Flamingo’ Magnolia ‘Delicatissima’ (Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Lennei Alba’ x Magnolia x veitchii Rubra) – Gresham hybrid Magnolia ‘Delicatissima’ Magnolia ‘Delicatissima’ Magnolia ‘Tina Durio’…

…weather for a week past. Clematis montana rubra good. Iris van T’s fine. 1906 – JCW Only about 3 daffs left to open. Recurvas is open, Iris lusiana, Korolkowi and…

…opening. Montana rubra nice. 1910 – JCW Came back from Dinton having bought Green Eye. 1906 – JCW Returned from Dinton and Manglis. Dinton things nearly all burnt out, Manglis’s…

…tree of 12-15ft. The flower shape obviously has M. soulangeana parentage and the first thought is M. soulangeana ‘Rustica Rubra’ but the inside of the tepals is not white. The…