…I crossed the old Camellia speciosa on about 20 or 30 flowers with the pollen of Camellia salicifolia. 1932 – JCW Magnolia sargentiana is half of it open, but is…

…few flowers of Speciosa and its hybrids. Also Engine House double white. Hamamelis beginning to be good. Rho mucronulatum coming out and lutescens. Several lapagerias. All wall fuchsias cut some…

…– FJW 10 degrees frost beginning of cold spell and easterly gales. 1941 – CW Camellias out – oleifera, double white (Engine House), and a few speciosa hybrids. Cam sasanqua…

…feeling the frost. Erica darleyense quite nice. Some lapagerias left and odd roses. Plenty of Camellias out, a big vase cut both speciosa hybrids and early double white from below…

…at Germoe church. Feeling ill! 1985 – FJW Serena [Williams] arrived and walked three steps. 1921 – JCW Several Camellia sasanqua, Theifera A. Theifera B, Japonica various speciosa of Forrest’s….

…the pond but over 100 waterfowl. I picked Thea speciosa flowers yesterday. 1932 – JCW White camellia as above. Lapagerias nice. Fuchsias fairly good but have had heavy gales. No…

…the record.Ternstroemia gymnathera Rhederodendron ichangensis Acer leptaphlebium Lindera angustifolia Polyspora axillaris Ucodendron whartonii Magnolia crassifolia Rhodelia aff henryi Magnolia foveolata Rhederodendron kwangtungense Rhoiptelea chiliantha Polyspora speciosa Illicium aff griffithii Magnolia…

…done by a man in the house. 1928 – JCW A bud of Eriogynum opening in the Hall. C speciosa opening and a few Cam sasanqua left. Hamamelis mollis ½…

…two Camellia speciosa buds showing flowers. So far no frost, no big wind smash, but it has been very rude weather. 1933 – JCW Just the hardest frost I can…

…JCW A cold spell started now and broke on Dec 20th. It touched zero in some places, I saw an untouched Decorum bud and an untouched Camellia speciosa at the…